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Role of hepatitis B virus genotype D & its mutants in occult hepatitis B infection

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Non-detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope protein (hepatitis B surface antigen, HBsAg) in a chronically HBV infected individual has been described as occult infection. One possible reason for this phenotype is alteration in large (L-HBsAg) to small (S-HBsAg) enve...

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Autores principales: Sengupta, Sonali, Panda, Subrat Kumar, Acharya, Subrat Kumar, Durgapal, Hemlata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24135177