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Single-Molecule Sequencing Reveals Complex Genome Variation of Hepatitis B Virus during 15 Years of Chronic Infection following Liver Transplantation.
Journal of virology - 15 Aug 2016
Betz-Stablein B D, Töpfer A, Littlejohn M, Yuen L, Colledge D, Sozzi V, Angus P, Thompson A, Revill P, Beerenwinkel N, Warner N, Luciani F
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UNLABELLED: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is prevalent worldwide. The infectious agent, hepatitis B virus (HBV), replicates via an RNA intermediate and is error prone, leading to the rapid generation of closely related but not identical viral variants, including those that can escape host immune responses and antiviral treatments. The complexity of CHB can be further enhanced by the presence of HBV variants with...
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