Evidence of transmission of hepatitis B virus to spouses from sequence analysis of the viral genome

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1138-1142

  Huo, Teh Ia ^a,b   Wu, Jaw Ching ^a,b   Huang, Yi Hsiang ^a,b   Yang, Ueng Cheng ^c   Sheen, I Jane ^a,b   Chang, Full Young ^a,b   Lee, Shou Dong ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Georgetown Univ School of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Nucleotide; Sequence analysis; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031769844     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb00590.x     Document Type: Article

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