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Mutations of the surface protein of hepatitis B virus

✍ Scribed by Jane N. Zuckerman; Arie J. Zuckerman


Book ID
113457078
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
100 KB
Volume
60
Category
Article
ISSN
0166-3542

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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