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Detection of HBV resistance to lamivudine in patients with chronic hepatitis B using Zip nucleic acid probes in Kerman, southeast of Iran.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2012
Afshar Reza Malekpour, Mollaie Hamid Reza
Abstract excerpt
HBV infection is contagious and may be transmitted vertically or horizontally by blood products and body secretions. Over 50% of Iranian carriers have contracted the infection prenatally, making this the most likely route of transmission of HBV in Iran. This study assesses the resistance to Lamivudine in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection using a new ZNA probe Real Time PCR method. To evaluate the...
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