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A Quasi species of the pre-S/S gene and mutations of enhancer II/core promoter/pre-C in mothers and their children infected with hepatitis B virus via mother-to-infant transmission.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2006
Xu Hongmei, Peng Mingli, Qing Yuling, Ling Ning, Lan Yinghua, Liang Zengwei, Cai Dachuan, Li Yongguo, Ren Hong
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has a tendency to be chronic. The quasi species of HBV in the pre-S/S gene and mutations in enhancer II (EnhII)/core promoter (CP)/pre-C of HBV were studied in asymptomatic carrier (AsC) mothers and their children with different virus loads, to gain a...
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