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Selection of a secretion-incompetent mutant in the serum of a patient with severe hepatitis B.
Gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2003
Kalinina Tatyana, Riu Anna, Fischer Lutz, Santantonio Theresa, Will Hans, Sterneck Martina
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A secretion-incompetent, highly replicating hepatitis B variant was previously found as the dominant viral population in the serum of a liver transplant recipient with severe hepatitis B reinfection. The secretion block resulted from mutations in the S protein, including the Gly145Arg substitution known to emerge under antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen immunoglobulin treatment. Here we...
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