Frequency of hepatitis B virus e-minus mutants varies among patients from different areas of China

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-89

  Tu, Hong ^a   Xiong, Si Dong ^a   Trepo, Christian ^b   Wen, Yu Mei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U de Rech sur les Hepatites   (France)

Author keywords

e minus variants; HBV; precore mutation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCREENING; SERUM; VIRUS MUTATION;

CHINA; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031054548     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199702)51:2<85::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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