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Naturally occurring hepatitis B virus surface antigen mutant variants in Malaysian blood donors and vaccinees.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 2015
Hudu S A, Harmal N S, Saeed M I, Alshrari A S, Malik Y A, Niazlin M T, Hassan R, Sekawi Z
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Hepatitis B virus surface mutants are of enormous importance because they are capable of escaping detection by serology and can infect both vaccinated and unvaccinated populations, thus putting the whole population at risk. This study aimed to detect and characterise hepatitis B-escaped mutants among blood donors and vaccinees. One thousand serum samples were collected for this study from blood donors and...
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