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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Two daughters born to an HBeAg-positive carrier became hepatitis B virus carriers despite immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B immune globulin or hepatitis B vaccine. The elder daughter received hepatitis B immune globulin alone and the younger daughter received both hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine. They acquired anti-HBs passively immediately after birth, and the younger daughter did not respond to active immunization. The nucleotide sequence of the S gene of hepatitis B virus DNA from the four carriers in the family was determined. A 531-bp fragment within the S gene, which includes a region encoding both the common a and type-specific d/y or r/w determinants, was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. Antigenic subtypes of HBV were identified as adr in the father and adw in both the mother and two daughters. Amino acid residues 122-160 of HBsAg were identical between the daughters and their mother except for a glycine-to-arginine substitution at codon 145. A possibility that this escape mutant had selective advantage over wild-type hepatitis B virus under immune pressure is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0163-2116
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
566-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Carrier State, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Codon, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Glycine, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Hepatitis B, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Hepatitis B Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Hepatitis B e Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Hepatitis B virus, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Immunization, Passive, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Immunoglobulins, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7895545-Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Glycine-to-arginine substitution at codon 145 of HBsAg in two infants born to hepatitis B e antigen-positive carrier.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article