Result: Amino acid substitutions associated with immune escape, such as
sT118K (n = 3),
sG145A (n = 3), and
sG145R (n = 1) variants, were abundant, especially in non-
HSCT patients at HBV reactivation.
Result: Finally, more than 99% of all the circulating HBV isolates became
sG145A variants, followed by a subsequent decrease in the viral load mediated by administration of the nucleoside analogue entecavir.
Result: Of note, the frequency of
sG145A variants, representing immune escape variants, increased from 0% to 86.1% for the total viral population in accordance with