Impact of hepatitis B virus surface prot
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Mira El Chaar; Daniel Candotti; R. Anthony Crowther; Jean Pierre Allain
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Genotype D occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections (OBIs) have a high frequency of amino acid substitutions in the major hydrophilic region of the small surface protein (S protein). This possibly reflects an escape mutation mechanism to evade detection by the host immune system. Mutations may also