Pre-S deletion mutants co-exist with wild-type virus at low viral replication stage in Singapore chronic hepatitis B virus carriers

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-147

  Chen, Wei Ning ^a   Oon, Chong Jin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036143999     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0038-0     Document Type: Note

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