Abstract: Among 1865 enrolled
HBV infected patients, 8.8% (165/1865) showed mutations in the
rtN238 locus (143 males/22 females, 91 treatment-naive, 42 ADV-treated, 16 LAM-treated and 16 ADV+LAM-treated), namely 86%
rtN238H (142/165), 5.5%
rtN238S (9/165), 5.5%
rtN238T (9/165) and 3%
rtN238D (5/165).