Unique surface gene variants of hepatitis B virus isolated from patients in the Philippines.

Baclig, Michael O; Alvarez, May R; Gopez-Cervantes, Juliet; Natividad, Filipinas F

Baclig, Michael O; Alvarez, May R; Gopez-Cervantes, Juliet; Natividad, Filipinas F.

Affiliation

Baclig MO; Research and Biotechnology Division, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines.

J Med Virol ; 86(2): 209-16, 2014 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24009186

Subject(s)

Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/genetics; Hepatitis B virus/genetics; Hepatitis B virus/isolation & purification; Hepatitis B, Chronic/virology; Amino Acid Substitution; DNA, Viral/chemistry; DNA, Viral/genetics; Diagnostic Errors; Genotype; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/immunology; Hepatitis B Vaccines/immunology; Hepatitis B virus/classification; Hepatitis B virus/immunology; Hepatitis B, Chronic/diagnosis; Hepatitis B, Chronic/prevention & control; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation, Missense; Philippines; Point Mutation; Sequence Analysis, DNA

Key words

genotype; hepatitis B virus; mutation; surface gene; variation; "a" determinant

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hepatitis B virus / Hepatitis B, Chronic / Hepatitis B Surface Antigens Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: J Med Virol Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Philippines Country of publication: United States

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