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High incidence of treatment-induced and vaccine-escape hepatitis B virus mutants among human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis B-infected patients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2013
Lacombe Karine, Boyd Anders, Lavocat Fabien, Pichoud Christian, Gozlan Joel, Miailhes Patrick, Lascoux-Combe Caroline, Vernet Guy, Girard Pierre-Marie, Zoulim Fabien
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UNLABELLED: Anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) nucleos(t)ides analogs (NA) exert selective pressures on polymerase (pol) and surface (S) genes, inducing treatment resistance and increasing the risk of vaccine escape mutants. The rate of emergence for these mutations is largely unknown in patients coinf...
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