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Clinical characteristics and chronicity of acute hepatitis B induced by lamivudine-resistant strains.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Oct 2012
Luo Qingzhou, Zhong Yandan, Yang Yongfeng, Xiong Qingfang, Hu Zhiliang, Lu Weiming, Huang Ping, Zhang Ning
Abstract excerpt
Whether resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains are transmissible and can lead to chronic infection remains to be studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with acute hepatitis B caused by lamivudine (LAM)-resistant strains. Sera were collected from 234 Chinese patients with acute hepatitis B. LAM-resistance mutations were identified by direct polymerase chain...
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