Article
Prevalence of naturally occurring surface antigen variants of hepatitis B virus in Korean patients infected chronically.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2005
Song Byung-Cheol, Kim Sun-Hyun, Kim Hong, Ying Yuan-Hai, Kim Hyun-Ju, Kim Yoon-Jun, Yoon Jung-Hwan, Lee Hyo-Suk, Cha Chang-Yong, Kook Yoon-Hoh, Kim Bum-Joon
Abstract excerpt
Although Korea is one of the endemic areas of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the prevalence of naturally occurring variants in the major hydrophilic region (MHR) of the surface (S) gene of HBV has not been determined. In the present study, the prevalence of these variants was examined in terms of the clinical state, and HBeAg serostatus in a large series of Korean patients with chronic HBV infection by direct...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Carrier State
- Child
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Hepatitis B e Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus