Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus vaccine variants in Singapore.

doi:10.1016/0264-410x(94)00080-7

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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus vaccine variants in Singapore.

Vaccine - 1 Jan 1995

Oon C J, Lim G K, Ye Z, Goh K T, Tan K L, Yo S L, Hopes E, Harrison T J, Zuckerman A J

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Perinatal infection with variants of hepatitis B virus occurs despite combined immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B immunoglobulin and currently licensed plasma-derived and recombinant yeast hepatitis B vaccines. Several variants have been detected during a large study of infants born to carrier mo...

Topics

Amino Acids
Base Sequence
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Genetic Variation
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Hepatitis B virus
Humans
Infant
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Singapore

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