Introduction: In the following years, other mutations observed on the a-determinant, which are considered as immune escape variants, including
T116N,
P120S/E,
I/T126A/N/I/S,
Q129H/R,
M133L,
K141E,
P142S, and
D144A/E, have also been reported.
Discussion: All sequences obtained in this study were classified as HBV genotype E, which is known to show a clear genotypic divergence from all genotypes within the
a determinant, where escape mutations can occur, reported that the types of polymorphisms at positions associated with escape mutations observed in HBV vary from one genotype to another and that the most common of these