No Increase in Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Mutant in a Population of Children and Adolescents Who Were Fully Covered by Universal Infant Immunization | Zendy

HongYuan Hsu | Zendy; MeiHwei Chang | Zendy; Yen–Hsuan Ni | Zendy; Cheng–Lun Chiang | Zendy; HueyLing Chen | Zendy; JiaFeng Wu | Zendy; PeiJer Chen | Zendy

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No Increase in Prevalence of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Mutant in a Population of Children and Adolescents Who Were Fully Covered by Universal Infant Immunization

Author(s) -

HongYuan Hsu,

MeiHwei Chang,

Yen–Hsuan Ni,

Cheng–Lun Chiang,

HueyLing Chen,

JiaFeng Wu,

PeiJer Chen

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/651378

Subject(s) - hbsag , hepatitis b virus , virology , population , medicine , orthohepadnavirus , infectivity , hepatitis b , immunization , antigen , mutant , antibody , hepadnaviridae , hepatitis b vaccine , virus , immunology , biology , genetics , environmental health , gene

Mutants of the a determinant of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) can escape neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies and prevail in an immunized population.

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