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Quasispecies characteristics in mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus by next-generation sequencing.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jul 2017
Yang Guifeng, Liu Zhihua, Yang Juncheng, Luo Kangxian, Xu Ying, He Haitang, Fu Qunfang, Yu Shouyi, Wang Zhanhui
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To identify within-host quasispecies characteristics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in mothers and children infected via mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). METHODS: Using next-generation sequencing (NGS), we analyzed sequences within the non-overlapping pre-core/core (pre-C/C) gene in 37 mother-child pairs. RESULTS: Phylogenetic and Highlighter analyses suggested that both a single strain and multiple...
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