Enrichment of a precore-minus mutant of duck hepatitis B virus in experimental mixed infections

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3616-3622

  Zhang, Yong Yuan ^a   Summers, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032954606     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.5.3616-3622.1999     Document Type: Article

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