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Comparison of envelope and precore/core variants of hepatitis B virus (HBV) during chronic HBV infection.
Virology - 1 Sept 1993
Takayanagi M, Kakumu S, Ishikawa T, Higashi Y, Yoshioka K, Wakita T
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed entire pre-C/C and pre-S/S coding genes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in serial serum samples from four chronic HBV carriers with 4-5 years of follow-up. Two patients with chronic active hepatitis became seronegative for HB e antigen (HBeAg), but the hepatitis did not subside, while the other two were persistent asymptomatic carriers with normal aminotransferase values. DNAs amplified by PCR were cloned...
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