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The half-life of hepatitis B virions
20 Oct 2006
Abstract excerpt
The virion half-life of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is currently estimated at approximately 1 day. This estimate has been obtained from drug perturbation experiments with reverse transcriptase inhibitors. However, the analyses of those experiments have not considered the export of virions produced from preformed mature DNA-containing HBV capsids in infected cells. Data from 3 acutely infected chimpanzees indicates...
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