The hepatitis B virus seroconversion to anti-HBe is frequently associated with HBV genotype changes and selection of preS2-defective particles in chronically infected children

Virology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Gerner, Patrick R ^a   Friedt, Michael ^a   Oettinger, Robert ^a   Lausch, Ekkehart ^a   Wirth, Stefan ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS PARTICLE;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0032565656     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9126     Document Type: Article

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