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Cumulative viral evolutionary changes in chronic hepatitis B virus infection precedes hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion.
Gut - 1 Sept 2013
Cheng Yan, Guindon Stephane, Rodrigo Allen, Wee Lin Ying, Inoue Masafumi, Thompson Alex J V, Locarnini Stephen, Lim Seng Gee
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine viral evolutionary changes and their relationship to hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion. DESIGN: A matched case-control study of HBeAg seroconverters (n = 8) and non-seroconverters (n = 7) with adequate stored sera before seroconversion was performed. Nested PCR, cloning and sequencing of hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore/core gene was performed. Sequences were aligned using Clustal...
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