Variants within the "a" determinant of HBs gene in children and adolescents with and without hepatitis B vaccination as part of Thailand's expanded program on immunization (EPI)

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-205

  Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a   Chongsrisawat, Voranush ^a   Jantaradsamee, Pojchanad ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

"a" determinant; HBsAg; HBV mutants; Hepatitis B vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THAILAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHILD; GENE FREQUENCY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THAILAND; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035003596     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.193.197     Document Type: Article

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