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Molecular characterization of HBV strains circulating among the treatment-naive HIV/HBV co-infected patients of eastern India.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Saha Debraj, Pal Ananya, Biswas Avik, Panigrahi Rajesh, Sarkar Neelakshi, Das Dipanwita, Sarkar Jayeeta, Guha Subhasish Kamal, Saha Bibhuti, Chakrabarti Sekhar, Chakravarty Runu
Abstract excerpt
Previously we reported that the exposure to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection serves as a major threat among the treatment naive HIV infected population of eastern India. Hence, molecular characterization of these strains is of utmost importance in order to identify clinically significant HBV mutations. A total of 85 treatment naive HIV/HBV co-infected participants were included of whom the complete basal core...
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