Table 4:

Amino acid mutations within HBsAg of patient groups. B cell, T helper and CTL epitopes. Samples arranged accordance to the arrangement of immune epotopes. Amino acids are described by single letter code and numbered from the beginning of HBsAg

Isfahan		Th Epitope					CTL Epitope			B Epitope
Sample Code	Amino Acid Position	30	45	95	196	216	207	208	209	101	110	118	120	122	127	128	129	134	143
	Wild Type	Q	T	L	W	L	S	I	L	Q	I	T	P	R	P	A	Q	Y	S
185				W		Stop
186																			L
187																			L
188										H	V
189					L												R
194														K
202							R		Stop
203
205		K						T
207															T	V
210												A			T
211
212							R											F
213
214
215													S
228
229			N				R
230