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A comparative study on the characterization of hepatitis B virus quasispecies by clone-based sequencing and third-generation sequencing.
Emerging microbes & infections - 8 Nov 2017
Li Jing, Wang Mingjie, Yu Demin, Han Yue, Yang Zhitao, Wang Lei, Zhang Xinxin, Liu Feng
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has a high mutation rate due to the extremely high replication rate and the proofreading deficiency during reverse transcription. The generated variants with genetic heterogeneity are described as viral quasispecies (QS). Clone-based sequencing (CBS) is thought to be the 'gold standard' for assessing QS complexity and diversity of HBV, but an important issue about CBS is cost-effectiveness...
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