O-20 MOLECULAR AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS SUBGENOTYPE F1b CLUSTERS: UNRAVELING ITS ROLE IN HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS
Introduction and Objectives: Hepatitis B virus subgenotype F1b infection has been associated 15-eg1053cl with the early occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronically infected patients from Alaska and Peru.In Argentina, however, despite the high prevalence of subgenotype F1b infection, this relationship has not been described.This study aime