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Susceptibility of chimeric mice with livers repopulated by serially subcultured human hepatocytes to hepatitis B virus.

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Early Dynamics of Hepatitis B Virus in Chimeric Mice Carrying Human Hepatocytes Monoinfected or Coinfected with Genotype G

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Influence of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes on the Intra- and Extracellular Expression of Viral DNA and Antigens

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Hepatology. 2006 Oct;44(4):915-24.

Emergence of a Novel Lamivudine-Resistant Hepatitis B Virus Variant with a Substitution Outside the YMDD Motif

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Infection of Human Hepatocyte Chimeric Mouse With Genetically Engineered Hepatitis B Virus

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