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Infections by hepatitis B surface antigen gene mutants in Europe and North America.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2006
Tabor Edward
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants have usually been studied in patients in Asia because of the wider use of HBV immunization there and the resultant emergence of viral mutants. Nevertheless, HBV surface antigen (S) gene mutants also are found in Europe and North America. In Europe and North America, HBV with mutations in the portion of the S gene coding the "a" determinant of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)...
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