Hepatitis B virus: Genotypes and subtypes in Brazilian hemodialysis patients

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1074-1078

  Teles, Sheila Araujo ^a   Martins, Regina Maria Bringel ^a,d   Vanderborght, Bart ^c   Stuyver, Lieven ^c   Gaspar, Ana Maria Coimbra ^b   Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^d Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis B virus; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LANGUAGES; HEMODIALYZERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUSES;

CENTRAL BRAZILS; GENOTYPE; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION; SERUM SAMPLES; SUBTYPE; SUBTYPINGS;

DIALYSIS;

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0033391033     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06310.x     Document Type: Article

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