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Detection of hepatitis B virus genotypes and mutants: current status.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2005
Niesters Hubert G M, Pas Suzan, de Man Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Characterization results of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome before, during and after antiviral treatment have changed in the last year for a number of reasons. First of all, with the introduction of more nucleoside and nucleotide antiviral therapies, it has become clear that variants or mutants do emerge in time. Viral genomic changes in the HBV polymerase gene can result in a direct antiviral effect, but...
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