Genotypic differences in the hepatitis B virus core promoter and precore sequences during seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-112

  Bläckberg, Jonas ^a   Kidd Ljunggren, Karin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HBV; Mutation; Temporal; Wild type

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0343340114     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200002)60:2<107::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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