Hepatitis B surface antigen variants in vaccinees, blood donors and an interferon-treated patient

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-158

  Seddigh Tonekaboni, S ^a,b,c,d   Lim, W L ^a,b,c,d   Young, B ^a,b,c,d   Hou, J L ^a,b,c,d   Waters, J ^a,b,c,d   Luo, K X ^a,b,c,d   Thomas, H C ^a,b,c,d   Karayiannis, P ^a,b,c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Paediatrics   (Hong Kong)

^d FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HBsAg variants; Interferon; Vaccinees

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INTERFERON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VIRUS MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; VACCINATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035076688     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2001.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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