Monitoring of hepatitis B virus surface antigen escape mutations and concomitantly nucleos(t)ide analog resistance mutations in Turkish patients with chronic hepatitis B


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SAYAN M., Senturk O., AKHAN S., HÜLAGÜ S., Cekmen M. B.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.14, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Background: The hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase gene completely overlaps with the envelope gene. In the present study we aimed to monitor the prevalence and pattern of the typical mutations for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) escape, and concomitantly nucleos(t)ide analog (NUC) resistance mutations, in Turkish patients undergoing different antiviral therapies and in treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).