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Analysis of HBsAg mutations in the 25 years after the implementation of the hepatitis B vaccination plan in China.
Virus genes - 1 Oct 2020
Ye Huiming, Teng Jing, Lin Zhiyuan, Wang Ye, Fu Xiaochun
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Since 1992, China has promoted hepatitis B vaccination. Concurrently, during this period, increasing use of immunoglobulins and nucleoside analogues might have exerted selective pressure on the hepatitis B virus (HBV) S gene, driving mutations in the HBsAg and changed the subtype. Using the National Center for Biotechnology Information database, we obtained gene sequence information for HBV strains from China and...
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