Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between mutations of
rtM204V/I (methionine to valine or isoleucine at position
rt204 of
reverse transcriptase domain) in the hepatitis B virus (HBV)
polymerase gene and the
G1896A and
G1899A single mutations in the pre-eore (
PC) region and the
A1762T and
G1764A double-mutations in the
basal core promoter (
BCP) region.