Characterization of Novel Hepatitis B Virus PreS/S-Gene Mutations in a Patient with Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection.

<h4>Objective</h4>The impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) preS/S-gene mutations on occult HBV infection (OBI) is not fully understood. This study characterized multiple novel HBV preS/S-gene mutants obtained from an OBI patient.<h4>Methods</h4>PreS/S-gene mutants were analyzed...

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Main Authors: Jianhong Chen, Yan Liu, Jun Zhao, Zhihui Xu, Rongjuan Chen, Lanlan Si, Shanshan Lu, Xiaodong Li, Shuai Wang, Kai Zhang, Jin Li, Juqiang Han, Dongping Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155654&type=printable