Method: ETV resistance: Two or more amino acid substitutions are required across the HBV
RT protein to confer resistance to ETV which could occur as a combination of
M204I/V with one or more of the following substitutions
L80I/V,
I163V,
I169T,
V173L,
L180M,
A181S/T/V,
T184X,
A186T,
S202C/G/I/R,
M250I/V and/or
C256S/G.