Hepatitis B precore/core promoter mutations in isolates from HBV-monoinfected and HBV-HIV coinfected patients: A 3-yr prospective study

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-359

  Cassino, Lucila ^a,d   Laufer, Natalia ^a,b   Salomon, Horacio ^a,d   Campos, Rodolfo ^c,d   Quarleri, Jorge ^a,d  

^a Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Hepatitis B virus; HIV; Precore core mutant

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71649104327     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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