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Heterogeneity analysis of the hepatitis B virus genome in intrauterine infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2005
Su Hai-Xia, Xu De-Zhong, Li Duan, Zhang Jing-Xia, Lu Juan, Choi Bernard C K, Yan Yong-Ping
Abstract excerpt
There are many factors leading to intrauterine infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). These factors include viral structure, HBV mutations, HBV DNA level, placenta barrier, immune status of the mother, and susceptibility of the fetus. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between intrauterine infection with and HBV mutations of the genome of the virus. In this study,...
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