Complete nucleotide sequences of hepatitis B virus genomes associated with epidemic fulminant hepatitis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Asahina, Yasuhiro ^a   Enomoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Ogura, Yuki ^a   Sakuma, Ikuo ^a   Kurosaki, Masayuki ^a   Izumi, Namiki ^b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Sato, Chifumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct sequencing; Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030019743     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199602)48:2<171::AID-JMV9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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