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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yuan Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2815617 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20091125 2
The characteristics of 30 carriers with occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (OBI) were compared with those of 30 individuals diagnosed as being HBV carriers at the time of blood donation, 60 asymptomatic carriers, and 60 chronic hepatitis patients. The prevalence of genotype C was significantly higher in carriers with OBIs than in any other HBsAg-positive (HBsAg(+)) group (P < 0.001). Specific amino acid substitutions in the regions from amino acids 117 to 121 and amino acids 144 to 147 loc ...[more]