Abstract: CONCLUSION: Core immune-escape mutations cT12S, cS21T, cT67P, cE113D, and cP130T/Q are significantly higher in decompensated liver disease patients and could influence the severity of liver disease in HBeAg -ve CHB patients.
Abstract: Three core immune escape mutations were significantly higher in patients with coexisting precore stop codon compared with patients without
CTL escape mutations of core protein are more frequent in strains of HBeAg negative patients with low levels of HBV DNA.