Article
An Overview of Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Mutant in the Asia Pacific.
Current issues in molecular biology - 1 Jan 2014
Hudu Shuaibu A, Malik Yasmin A, Niazlin Mohd T, Harmal Nabil S, Sekawi Zamberi
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus infection is a serious health problem worldwide, and more than 350 million people are chronic carriers, constituting a major global threat. Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific have the highest levels of endemicity in the world, with an estimated seroprevalence ranging between 2% and 31%. Mutations in the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) have been reported in many parts of the world but are...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Asia
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Antibodies
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Infant
- Liver Neoplasms
- Molecular Typing
- Mutation
- Seroepidemiologic Studies