Multiple Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Quasispecies and Immune-Escape Mutations Are Present in HBV Surface Antigen and Reverse Transcriptase of Patients With Acute Hepatitis B

M. Aragri,Claudia Alteri,A. Battisti,Domenico Di Carlo,Carmine Minichini,Caterina Sagnelli,Maria Concetta Bellocchi,Maria Antonietta Pisaturo,Mario Starace,Daniele Armenia,L. Carioti,Michela Pollicita,R. Salpini,Evangelista Sagnelli,Carlo Federico Perno,Nicola Coppola,Valentina Svicher

Multiple Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Quasispecies and Immune-Escape Mutations Are Present in HBV Surface Antigen and Reverse Transcriptase of Patients With Acute Hepatitis B

2016

M. Aragri
Claudia Alteri
A. Battisti
Domenico Di Carlo
Carmine Minichini
Caterina Sagnelli
Maria Concetta Bellocchi
Maria Antonietta Pisaturo
Mario Starace
Daniele Armenia
L. Carioti
Michela Pollicita
R. Salpini
Evangelista Sagnelli
Carlo Federico Perno
Nicola Coppola
Valentina Svicher

This study characterizes and defines the clinical value of hepatitis B virus (HBV) quasispecies with reverse transcriptase and HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) heterogeneity in patients with acute HBV infection.

Keywords:

Hepatitis B
HBsAg
Hepatitis B virus
Antigen
Virology
Immune system
Hepatitis B virus PRE beta
Viral quasispecies
Immunology
Reverse transcriptase
Medicine
Genotype

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