Introduction: According to previously studies, the patterns of genotypic resistance in the HBV
polymerase can be categorized into five specific evolutionary pathways, including L-nucleoside pathway (
rtM204I [or V or I/V]), the acyclic phosphonate pathway (
rtN236T), the shared pathway (
rtA181T [or V or T/V]) of both L-nucleoside and acyclic phosphonate, ETV resistance pathway (
rtL180M+
rtM204V with one of either
rtT184, S202 or M250 residue changes) and multidrug resistance pathways (
rtA181T+