Molecular characterization of envelope antigenic variants of hepatitis B virus from Spain.

doi:10.1093/infdis/170.5.1300

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Molecular characterization of envelope antigenic variants of hepatitis B virus from Spain.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 1994

Wallace L A, Echevarria J E, Echevarria J M, Carman W F

Abstract excerpt

In a survey of hepatitis B virus (HBV) subtypes using one set of monoclonal typing antibodies, 96.6% of the samples were ad or ay and 3.3% (31) were untypeable. Using two additional antibody panels, 23 samples were ay and ad. Six samples required a third panel to be typed as ay. One sample was no...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Spain

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