Breakthrough of hepatitis B virus escape mutants after vaccination and virus reactivation

The hepatitis B virus persists for decades after patients' recovery from acute viral hepatitis despite active maintenance of a cytotoxic T–lymphocyte response

1996 • 832 citations

Antibody Levels and Protection after Hepatitis B Vaccination: Results of a 15-Year Follow-up

2005 • 315 citations

Mapping of the Hepatitis B Virus Attachment Site by Use of Infection-Inhibiting preS1 Lipopeptides and Tupaia Hepatocytes

2005 • 242 citations

Frequency of HBV DNA detection in US blood donors testing positive for the presence of anti‐HBc: implications for transfusion transmission and donor screening

2003 • 201 citations

Pre-S1 Antigen-Dependent Infection of Tupaia Hepatocyte Cultures with Human Hepatitis B Virus

2003 • 173 citations

NAT for HBV and anti‐HBc testing increase blood safety

2002 • 120 citations

Effectiveness of Hepatitis B Vaccination in Babies Born to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen–Positive Mothers in Italy

2001 • 116 citations

Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C and hepatitis B infections among blood donors in Germany 2000-2002: risk of virus transmission and the impact of nucleic acid amplification testing

2005 • 96 citations

Genetic variation of hepatitis B surface antigen coding region among infants with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

2002 • 91 citations

Reactivation of an occult hepatitis B virus escape mutant in an anti-HBs positive, anti-HBc negative lymphoma patient

2006 • 80 citations

Titration of Hepatitis C Virus in Chimpanzees for Determining the Copy Number Required for Transmission

2004 • 50 citations

Unsatisfactory specificities and sensitivities of six enzyme immunoassays for antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen

1989 • 45 citations

Nature and display of hepatitis B virus envelope proteins and the humoral immune response

1990 • 35 citations

Immune escape by hepatitis B viruses.

2000 • 27 citations

Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus 2 Months Prior to Hepatitis Surface Antigen Positivity of Donor Blood

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A novel target of hepatitis B virus mutations: Splicing of surface RNA

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Subtypes of HBsAg in Europe and Africa.

1976 • 2 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations

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