Abstract: DNA positive samples with no detectable
HBsAg or reduced
HBsAg detection signals (<75% of mean signal obtained with
HBsAg positive samples) revealed several mutations (
V14A,
F46S,
N48T,
L49R,
I49T,
D51G,
A53V,
P54L,
Q82P,
F83C,
L127P,
A184V,
T189I,
S204N,
V224A), mostly outside the a-determinant.