Open Access<p>Pre-S Deletions are Predominant Quasispecies in HIV/HBV Infection: Quasispecies Perspective</p>
Author(s) -
Yuan Nie,
Xizi Deng,
Yun Lan,
Feng Li,
Fengyu Hu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s255473
Subject(s) - viral quasispecies , virology , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , genotype , antibody , biology , medicine , immunology , virus , gene , hepatitis c virus , genetics
Combined HIV infection can accelerate HBV-induced liver disease. It is known that HBV Pre-S deletion is closely related to HBV-associated terminal liver disease in HBV mono-infection. Currently, data on HBV Pre-S quasispecies feature deletion in HIV/HBV co-infected patients are lacking.