Low Frequency of Precore Mutants in Anti-Hepatitis B e Antigen Positive Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Chennai, Southern India |
Shanmugam, Saravanan
(YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services)
Velu, Vijayakumar (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras) Nandakumar, Subhadra (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras) Madhavan, Vidya (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Shanmugasundaram, Uma (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Shankar, Esaki Muthu (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Murugavel, Kailapuri G. (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Solomon, Suniti (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) Thyagarajan, Sadras Panchatcharam (YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education, Voluntary Health Services) |
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