Hepatitis B genotype G and high frequency of lamivudine-resistance mutations among human immunodeficiencyvirus/hepatitis B virus co-infected patients in Brazil

Hepatitis B genotype G and high frequency of lamivudine-resistance mutations among human immunodeficiencyvirus/hepatitis B virus co-infected patients in Brazil

In this study, we evaluated the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype distribution and HBV genomic mutations among a group of human immunodeficiency virus-HBV co-infected patients from an AIDS outpatient clinic in São Paulo. HBV serological markers were detected by commercially available enzyme immunoass...

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Main Authors: Adriana Cristina da Silva, Ângela Maria Miranda Spina, Marcílio Figueiredo Lemos, Isabel Takano Oba, Cristina de Fátima Guastini, Michele Soares Gomes-Gouvêa, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Maria Cássia Jacintho Mendes-Correa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2010-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
hepatitis B
HIV
genotypes
genotype G
mutation
lamivudine
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