Article
Serotypes of hepatitis B antigen (HBs Ag): the problem of "new" determinants, as exemplified by "t".
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Jan 2000
Bouvier G L, Williams A
Abstract excerpt
The principal antigenic determinants of hepatitis-B surface antigen (HBs Ag) are specified by distinct genotypes of hepatitis-B virus (HBV). This hypothesis still stands undisproven. These specificities include the common antigen(s), called a, and two pairs of subdeterminants, d/y and w/r. The members of each pair are in general mutually exclusive, resulting in four "primary" phentoypes of HBs Ag: adw, adr, ayw,...
Topics
- Cell Membrane
- Epitopes
- Genetics, Microbial
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Serotyping