Frequency of hepatitis B virus 'a' determinant variants in unselected spanish chronic carriers

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-36

  Avellón, Ana ^a   Echevarria, José M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

'a' determinant variants; HBsAg; HBV immunotherapy; HBV vaccine escape; Occult HBV

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 28944435011     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20516     Document Type: Article

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