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Vaccination of chronic hepatitis B virus carriers with preS2/S envelope protein is not associated with the emergence of envelope escape mutants.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Feb 2001
Soussan Patrick, Pol Stanislas, Garreau Florianne, Bréchot Christian, Kremsdorf Dina
Abstract excerpt
PreS2/S vaccination of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers led to a reduction in HBV replication or clearance of virus in 30% of treated patients. This study assessed whether vaccinotherapy of chronic HBV carriers induced the selection of escape mutants in the envelope 'a' determinant and whether envelope genetic variability might affect the response to vaccination. No amino acid differences were observed in...
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