Article
Molecular virology of hepatitis B virus.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 Jan 2004
Locarnini Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has evolved a unique life cycle that results in the production of enormous viral loads during active replication without actually killing the infected cell directly. Because HBV uses reverse transcription to copy its DNA genome, mutant viral genomes emerge frequently. Particular selection pressures, both endogenous (host immune clearance) and exogenous (vaccines and antiviral drugs),...
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