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Prevalence, virology and antiviral drugs susceptibility of hepatitis B virus rtN238H polymerase mutation from 1865 Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Antiviral research - 1 Jan 2012
Zhong Yanwei, Lv Jiyun, Li Jin, Xing Xiaoyan, Zhu Hua, Su Heling, Chen Li, Zhou Xianzhi
Abstract excerpt
Amino acid substitutions at positions rtN238T/D of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase have been reported as potential mutations associated with adefovir (ADV) resistance. In this study, we characterized the prevalence of the rtN238H mutation and determined the susceptibility to LAM and ADV using phenotypic analyzes in vitro. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five HBsAg-positive patients with chronic HBV...
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