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Fig. 4

From: Mechanisms downstream of reverse transcription reduce serum levels of HBV DNA but not of HBsAg in chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Fig. 4

Flowchart showing differences in intrahepatic and serum viral load between HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative patients. Δe indicates mean difference between levels in HBeAg-positive and HBeAg-negative patients. Three novel findings are pointed out: (i) a greater reduction of HBV DNA in serum as compared with in the liver; (ii) an unchanged HBsAg/S RNA ratio; (iii) an increased S-RNA/cccDNA ratio, in HBeAg-negative as compared with HBeAg-positive patients

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Virology Journal

ISSN: 1743-422X