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Hepatitis B e antigen in sera from individuals infected with hepatitis B virus of genotype G.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Apr 2002
Kato Hideaki, Orito Etsuro, Gish Robert G, Bzowej Natalie, Newsom Margaret, Sugauchi Fuminaka, Suzuki Seiji, Ueda Ryuzo, Miyakawa Yuzo, Mizokami Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype G (HBV/G) was detected in sera from four individuals by polymerase chain reaction with hemi-nested primers deduced from an insertion of 36 nt in the core gene that is specific for this genotype. Despite two stop codons in the precore region characteristic of HBV/G, all patients were positive for hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) in serum. When 10 HBV clones were propagated from one...
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