Characterization of a hepatitis B virus strain in southwestern Paraná, Brazil, Presenting mutations previously associated with anti-HBs resistance

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-29

  Bertolini, Dennis Armando ^a   Ribeiro, Patrícia Cristiane ^a   Lemos, Marcílio Figueiredo ^b   Saraceni, Cláudia Patara ^b   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HBsAG, vaccine; Hepatitis B; Hyperimmune gammaglobulin; Mutations

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAZIL; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77949706658     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652010000100004     Document Type: Article

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