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Combination of allele-specific detection techniques to quantify minority resistance variants in hepatitis B infection: a novel approach.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Jun 2013
Bhattacharya Debika, Lewis Martha J, Lassmann Britta, Phan Tina, Knecht Gaby, Bickel Marcus, Yang Otto O
Abstract excerpt
Detection of minor variant viral quasispecies of the rtV173L+rtL180M+rtM204V combination mutation in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase mediating both lamivudine resistance and vaccine escape is potentially important for tracking the development and evolution of resistance within both individuals and populations. A highly sensitive and specific assay to quantitate HBV genomes was developed with this mutation...
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