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Quantitation of hepatitis B lamivudine resistant mutants by real-time amplification refractory mutation system PCR.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 2004
Punia Parvinder, Cane Patricia, Teo Chong-Gee, Saunders Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Lamivudine is an antiviral drug that is used to treat hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Long-term therapy does not completely suppress viral replication, and resistant mutants emerge. Resistance is mediated by changes in the tyrosine-methionine-apartate-aspartate (YMDD) motif in the catalytic site of the HBV polymerase gene. We describe a method to detect and quantify mutant viral populations...
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