Precore mutant of hepatitis B virus prevails in acute and chronic infections in an area in which hepatitis B is endemic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1815-1818

  Chu, Chia Ming ^a   Yeh, Chau Ting ^a   Chiu, Cheng Tang ^a   Sheen, I Shyan ^a   Liaw, Yun Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0029891071     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1815-1818.1996     Document Type: Article

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