Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 354-359 , December 2009

Hepatitis B precore/core promoter mutations in isolates from HBV-monoinfected and HBV–HIV coinfected patients: A 3-yr prospective study

  • Lucila Cassino

      Affiliations

    • Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Dto. Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
    • ,
  • Natalia Laufer

      Affiliations

    • Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Dto. Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • División de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Horacio Salomon

      Affiliations

    • Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Dto. Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
    • ,
  • Rodolfo Campos

      Affiliations

    • Cátedra de Virología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
    • ,
  • Jorge Quarleri

      Affiliations

    • Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Dto. Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centro Nacional de Referencia para el SIDA, Paraguay 2155-Piso 11, 1121 Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel.: +54 11 4508 3689; fax: +54 11 4508 3705.

Received 11 August 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

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☆ Sources of support: This work was partly supported by grants from Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA; M431), and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, PIP6116).

PII: S1386-6532(09)00431-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.015

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 354-359 , December 2009

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