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Antiviral drug-associated potential vaccine-escape hepatitis B virus mutants in Turkish patients with chronic hepatitis B.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2011
Sayan M, Akhan S C
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BACKGROUND: The hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase (pol) gene completely overlaps with the envelope (S) gene. Mutations in the pol gene of HBV, either from selection of primary or secondary resistance mutations, typically result in changes in the overlapping hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Recent studies have conferred a new acronym to these HBV pol/S gene overlap mutants: ADAPVEMs, for antiviral...
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