Low frequency of precore mutants in anti-hepatitis B e antigen positive subjects with chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Chennai, Southern India

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1722-1728

  Shanmugam, Saravanan ^a,b   Velu, Vijayakumar ^b   Nandakumar, Subhadra ^b   Madhavan, Vidya ^a   Shanmugasundaram, Uma ^a   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^a   Murugavel, Kailapuri G ^a   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^a   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Thyagarajan, Sandras Panchatcharam ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

HBV; Hepatitis B virus; India; Precore core mutants

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 57849089633     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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