Letter to the Editor: Can the Ratio of Serum HBV RNA to DNA Reflect the Reverse‐Transcription Efficiency of Viral pgRNA?

Abstract

B virus virions produced under nucleos(t)ide analogue treatment are mainly not infectious because of irreversible DNA chain termination. Hepatology 2020;71:463-476. 4) liu S, liu Z, li W, Zhou B, Liang X, Fan R, et al. Factors associated with the biphasic kinetics of serum HBV RNA in patients with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B treated with nucleos(t)ide analogues. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2020;52: 692-700. Author names in bold designate shared co-first authorship.