Detection of hepatitis B virus core mutants by PCR-RFLP in chronically infected patients

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Barros, M F ^a   Rodrigues, P A ^a   Matias, S R ^a   Carreira, L M ^a   MacHado Caetano, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Core genotyping; Hepatitis B virus mutants

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SERUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 3843060214     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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