Table 1 Distribution of amino acid (aa) changes in B- and T-cell epitopes of the Core protein in the infants compared to the HBV genomes of the mother.
Child No | CTL-epitopes [aa] | CD4+ epitopes [aa] | B cell-epitopes [aa] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | 18–27 | 88–96 | 1–20 | 50–69 | 74–89 | 107–118 |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - |
3 | - | 92 | - | - | - | - |
4 | - | - | - | 65 | - | - |
5 | 21 | 92 | 5,14 | 60 | 80,85 | 116 |