Journal article
Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Haplotype Diversity Detects Striking Sequence Conservation Across Genotypes and Chronic Disease Phase
Josef Wagner, Lilly Yuen, Margaret Littlejohn, Vitina Sozzi, Kathy Jackson, Vithika Suri, Susanna Tan, Becket Feierbach, Anuj Gaggar, Patrick Marcellin, Maria Buti Ferret, Harry LA Janssen, Ed Gane, Henry LY Chan, Danni Colledge, Gillian Rosenberg, Julianne Bayliss, Benjamin P Howden, Stephen A Locarnini, Darren Wong Show all
HEPATOLOGY | WILEY | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.1002/hep.31516
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We conducted haplotype analysis of complete hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes following deep sequencing from 368 patients across multiple phases of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection from four major genotypes (A-D), analyzing 4,110 haplotypes to identify viral variants associated with treatment outcome and disease progression. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Between 18.2% and 41.8% of nucleotides and between 5.9% and 34.3% of amino acids were 100% conserved in all genotypes and phases examined, depending on the region analyzed. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) loss by week 192 was associated with different haplotype populations at baseline. Haplotype populations differed across the HB..
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