Mutations in Hepatitis B virus polymerase gene/partial surface gene among Chronic HBV carriers as markers for anti-viral drug resistance and escape mutants

Resistance to anti-viral drugs is a global problem in the treatment of HBV. Around 350 million people are infected with HBV worldwide. In India there are 50 million chronic HBV carriers [1]. HBV is double stranded DNA virus, it replicates by reverse transcription process. The error rate of HBV rever...

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Main Authors: Monika Mani, Padma Srikanth, Sivasubramaniyan Gnanskandan, Shanthi Vijayaraghavan, S. Shanmuganathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Planet Inc. 2017-10-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Biotechnology
Online Access:https://www.canadianjbiotech.com/CAN_J_BIOTECH/Archives/v1/Special Issue/cjb.2017-a85.pdf