Prevalence of core promotor and precore mutants of hepatitis B virus in Thailand by RFLP and sequencing

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 750-755

  Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a   Tangkijvanich, Pisit ^a   Jantaradsamee, Podchanad ^a   Hirsch, Petra ^a   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND; VIROLOGY;

DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033290570     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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