Abstract: RESULTS: Of 47 serum samples from patients with
chronic HBV infection, amino acid mutation in '
a' determinant occurred in 12 samples (25.53%,12/47), correlating with
T126A,
I126T/S,
P127T,
T131N,
M133L,
M133T and
T140I; high proportion of mutation clustered in first loop of '
a' determinant (92.86%,13/14),
rtV207I mutation in C domain of
reverse transcription occured in one sample.