Discussion: From the analysis of the Malaysian HBV sequences, most isolates were found to confer
C1858T mutation in the
precore region.
Discussion: Genotype predominance was not observed in subjects with
C1858T mutation as it was equally distributed among HBV B and C genotypes and found in two of the D genotype.
Discussion: These mutations include a change in DNA bases from guanine to adenine at position 1896 (