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Evidence for intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis B virus from sequence analysis of mutant HBV DNAs in two Chinese families.
Lancet (London, England) - 28 Jul 1990
Lin H J, Lai C L, Lau J Y, Chung H T, Lauder I J, Fong M W
Abstract excerpt
To study the heterogeneity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNAs in Hong Kong, where HBV infection is endemic, serum specimens from 90 HBsAg carrier children were systematically tested with nine oligonucleotide probes representing conserved sequences in the viral genome. In a pair of twins and their cousin (belonging to family H) and an unrelated child (family Y) serum HBV DNA annealed to all but one probe, a sequence...
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