Abstract: Precore variants were detected in one
HBeAg positive and in all 20 anti-
HBe positive patients: in 19 cases,
G to A at position 1896, with or without the substitution
G to A at position 1899, in two cases
C to T substitution at position 1817 which also produces a stop codon (CAA to TAA), one accompanied by the mutation
G to A at position 1896.
Abstract: These results indicate that the main cause of non-expression of
HBeAg in
chronic hepatitis B in our country is the substitution of
G to A at nucleotide 1896, alone or accompanied by other variants.