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A comparison of amino acid sequences of hepatitis B virus S gene in 46 children presenting various clinical features for immunoprophylaxis.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Nov 1996
Miyake Y, Oda T, Li R, Sugiyama K
Abstract excerpt
We compared amino acid sequences of hepatitis B virus (HBV) S protein deduced from analyzed DNA sequence in 46 children who received immunoprophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HBV. They were classified into 6 groups by their clinical features. The antibody escape mutants were found in 8 cases among 46 cases. We studied the difference in clinical features in these cases and speculated that 126...
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