Transmission of "a" determinant variants of hepatitis B virus in immunized babies born to HBsAg carrier mothers

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Velu, Vijayakumar ^a   Saravanan, Shanmugam ^a,b   Nandakumar, Subhadra ^a   Dhevahi, Elumalei ^a   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^b   Murugavel, Kailapuri Gangatharan ^b   Kumarasamy, Thangaraj ^c   Thyagarajan, Sadras Panchatcharam ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^d SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BABY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHERS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 40349096507     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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