Impact of changes in the amino acid sequence of the "a" determinant on the diagnostic capacities of test systems for the detection of HBsAg

Voprosy Virusologii

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 28-31

  Zabelin, N N ^a   Kuzina, L E ^b   Kudryavtseva, E N ^b   Zabotina, E E ^b   Braginsky, D M ^b   Malyshev, N A ^b   Kuzin, S N ^b   Samokhvalov, E I ^a   Lvov, D K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

"a" determinant; HBsAg mutants; Hepatitis b virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 78651498699     PISSN: 05074088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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