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Mutations in Pol gene of hepatitis B virus in patients with chronic hepatitis B before and after therapy with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues.
Acta virologica - 1 Jan 2014
Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska D, Rucka A, Kowala-Piaskowska A, Bereszynska I, Mozer-Lisewska I, Zajac-Spychala O, Wysocki J, Nowak J
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is one of the most common infections worldwide. Currently approved treatments of CHB include nucleoside/nucleotide analogues (NAs). However, long-term NA therapy is associated with accumulation of resistant mutations within the hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase gene. The incidence of naturally occurring HBV mutations leading to primary antiviral resistance has not been fully elucidated...
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