Reviewer's report 
 Genetic variability in the precore and core promoter regions of hepatitis B virus strains in KarachiTitle: 
 3  27 April 2006 Version: Date: 
 Fiona Davidson Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The manuscript has been revised in accordance with previous comments, however Table 2 remains 
unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
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 Accept without revision What next?: 
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 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests 
Reviewer's report 
 Genetic variability in the precore and core promoter regions of hepatitis B virus strains in KarachiTitle: 
 3  27 April 2006 Version: Date: 
 Fiona Davidson Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The manuscript has been revised in accordance with previous comments, however Table 2 remains 
unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Genetic variability in the precore and core promoter regions of hepatitis B virus strains in KarachiTitle: 
 3  27 April 2006 Version: Date: 
 Fiona Davidson Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The manuscript has been revised in accordance with previous comments, however Table 2 remains 
unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author 
can be trusted to correct) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests 
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