Genetic variability of the S gene of hepatitis B virus: Clinical and diagnostic impact

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-112

  Weber, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Laboratoires Reunis Kutter Lieners Hastert Centre Langwies   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Escape mutant; Genotype; HBsAg; Nucleic acid amplification test

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; INTERFERON; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD DONOR; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 11844281456     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.10.008     Document Type: Review

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