Amplification of full-length hepatitis B virus genomes from samples from patients with low levels of viremia: Frequency and functional consequences of PCR-introduced mutations

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 531-538

  Günther, Stephan ^a   Sommer, Gunhild ^a   Von Breunig, Franziska ^a   Iwanska, Alicja ^a   Kalinina, Tatyana ^a   Sterneck, Martina ^a   Will, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 2642646226     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.531-538.1998     Document Type: Article

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