Article
Evolution of the hepatitis B virus gene during chronic infection in seven patients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 1994
Uchida T, Aye T T, Shikata T, Yano M, Yatsuhashi H, Koga M, Mima S
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the evolution of the precore/core gene of hepatitis B virus (HBV) over a period of 6 to 11 years in seven patients with chronic HBV infection, who exhibited a variety of clinical features. Sequence analysis revealed the following results: (1) HBeAg to anti-HBe seroconversion was corre...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genes, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
