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Precore and core mutations in HBV from individuals in India with chronic infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 1995
Valliammai T, Thyagarajan S P, Zuckerman A J, Harrison T J
Abstract excerpt
Ten hepatitis B surface antigen seropositive carriers (5 asymptomatic and 5 with chronic liver disease) were tested for HBeAg/anti-HBe and for HBV-DNA using the polymerase chain reaction. Five were DNA-positive, 2 with HBeAg and 3 with anti-HBe. Nucleotide sequences were determined for these 5 cases. Hepatitis B virus DNA from one cirrhotic carrier with anti-HBe had a mutation in the precore region (nucleotide...
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