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Dynamics of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus during adefovir monotherapy versus lamivudine plus adefovir combination therapy.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2008
Ijaz Samreen, Arnold Catherine, Dervisevic Samir, Mechurova Jana, Tatman Nick, Tedder Richard S, Naoumov Nikolai V
Abstract excerpt
Adefovir dipivoxil has been used alone or together with lamivudine to suppress lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV). However, the dynamics of HBV populations under different selection pressures and their impact on treatment outcome are poorly understood. Pyrosequencing was applied to quantify longitudinally the evolution of wild type and lamivudine/adefovir-resistant HBV. Eight patients, with...
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