Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus mutants

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-195

  Zuckerman, Arie J ^a   Zuckerman, Jane N ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Epidemiology; HBV mutants; Surface antigen mutants; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS VACCINE;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, POL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 0033002849     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199907)58:3<193::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Note

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