Detection of a premature stop codon in the surface gene of hepatitis B virus from an HBsAg and antiHBc negative blood donor

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-258

  Datta, Sibnarayan ^a   Banerjee, Arup ^a   Chandra, Partha K ^a   Chakraborty, Subhasis ^b   Basu, Subir Kumar ^b   Chakravarty, Runu ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Institute of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (IBTMI)   (India)

Author keywords

AntiHBs; HBsAg; HBV DNA; PCR; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; THYMINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 35148858467     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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