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Characterization of a Hepatitis B virus strain in southwestern Paraná, Brazil, presenting mutations previously associated with anti-HBs Resistance.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Bertolini Dennis Armando, Ribeiro Patrícia Cristiane, Lemos Marcílio Figueiredo, Saraceni Cláudia Patara, Pinho João Renato Rebello
Abstract excerpt
The present study investigated if hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants circulate in the southwestern region of the State of Paraná, Brazil, by analyzing samples from children who received immunoprophylaxis but were born to HBV carrier mothers. Samples from 25 children were screened for HBV serum markers and for HBV DNA by PCR. Only one sample was positive for HBsAg, anti-HBs and HBV DNA, although the child had been...
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