Den første undersøgelse omfattede 511 patienter, som var ‘ HBeAg positive ’ (smittede med den almindelige type hepatitis B virus), og den anden undersøgelse omfattede 184 patienter, der var ‘ HBeAg negative ’ (smittede med et virus, der var muteret [ændret], hvilket medfører en form for kronisk hepatitis B, som er vanskeligere at behandle).
The first study included 511 patients who were ‘ HBeAg positive ’ (infected with the common type of the hepatitis B virus) and the second included 184 patients who were ‘ HBeAg negative ’ (infected with a virus that has mutated [changed], leading to a form of chronic hepatitis B that is more difficult to treat).