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Uncommon mutation pattern of a hepatitis B virus isolate from genotype F infecting a patient with AIDS.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jan 2004
Gomes S A, de Castro L, Niel C, Santos E A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the genomic variations of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) isolate in a patient coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) who developed severe hepatitis and died of AIDS. METHODS: Two blood samples were collected, the first one during the asymptomatic phase of HIV-1 infection, and the other, 3 years later, few months before the death of the patient. Both samples were HBsAg and...
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