Genotype F prevails in HBV infected patients of hispanic origin in Central America and may carry the precore stop mutant

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Arauz Ruiz, Patricia ^a,b   Norder, Heléne ^a   Visoná, Kirsten A ^b   Magnius, Lars O ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Core mutations; HBV genotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPAIN; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 0030964116     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199704)51:4<305::AID-JMV8>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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