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Hepatitis B virus DNA in anti-HBe-positive asymptomatic carriers.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2003
Seo Yasushi, Yoon Seitetsu, Nakaji Miyuki, Yano Yoshihiko, Nagano Hidenobu, Ninomiya Toshiaki, Hayashi Yoshitake, Kasuga Masato
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We examined the level of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA and the mutations in the precore, core and polymerase regions of HBV in sera from anti-HBe-positive asymptomatic carriers (ASC). METHODS: The amount of HBV DNA was determined semiquantitatively by mutation site-specific assay in sera from 19 anti-HBe-positive ASC and 31 HBeAg-positive patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). The mutations in the...
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