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Natural variability in surface antigen and reverse transcriptase domain of hepatitis B virus in treatment-naïve chronic HBV-infected Egyptian patients.
Virus research - 1 Sept 2021
Elgaml Abdelaziz, Elegezy Mohamed, El-Mesery Mohamed, El-Mowafy Mohammed
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious health problem not only in Egypt, but also worldwide. We collected 57 serum samples from treatment-naïve chronic HBV-infected Egyptians. The DNA segment encoding HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and reverse transcriptase (RT) domain was partially sequenced. Our data revealed that all viral isolates belonged to genotype D with ayw2 as the predominant serotype (89 %)....
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