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Prevalence and type of pre-C HBV mutants in anti-HBe positive carriers with chronic liver disease in a highly endemic area.
Virology - 1 Aug 1991
Santantonio T, Jung M C, Miska S, Pastore G, Pape G R, Will H
Abstract excerpt
The sequence variability in the pre-C region of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome in the serum of 42 anti-HBe antibody positive carriers with chronic hepatitis B was studied by PCR and direct sequencing to determine prevalence and type of HBV pre-C mutants in a highly endemic area. Except for one, all patients were infected with viruses containing mutations in the pre-C region which prevent precore and e-antigen...
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