Discussion: The three IEMs identified in the present study (
sY100C,
sA128V, and
Discussion: This study detected three IEMs,
sY100C,
sA128V, and
sM133T, similar to previous studies (Mello et al.,; Kwei et al.,; Cremer et al.,).
Discussion: who showed a reduction in
HBsAg detection level by commercial ELISA kit, but without statistical significance, leading the authors to conclude that mutation
sY100C alone did not play a role in reducing the
HBsAg affinity of this commercial ELISA assay.