Evaluation of the G145R Mutant of the Hepatitis B Virus as a Minor Strain in Mother-to-Child Transmission.

The role of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutant G145R, with a single change in amino acid 145 of the surface protein, as a minor population remains unknown in mother-to-child transmission. The minor strain as well as the major strain of the G145R mutant were evaluated in three cohorts using a locked...

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Main Authors: Haruki Komatsu, Ayano Inui, Shuichiro Umetsu, Tomoyuki Tsunoda, Tsuyoshi Sogo, Yasuhiro Konishi, Tomoo Fujisawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5094722?pdf=render