5Result: Notably, 9 out of the 10 substitutions resided in the known B- and T-cell epitopes of
HBsAg that included 4 substitutions (
sT126I,
sP127T,
sN131T and
sN143S) within the ""a""-deter
Discussion: Of these,
sI195M and
sW196L had been shown to have reduced binding to anti-
HBsAg antibodies while a decrease in the antigenicity of the
S protein due to the presence of
sP127T mutations had been documented.