High circulation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore mutants in Tunisia, North Africa

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-174

  Triki, H ^a   Ben Slimane, S ^a   Ben Mami, N ^b   Sakka, T ^c   Ben Ammar, A ^b   Dellagi, K ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TUNISIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TUNISIA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0033770248     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899003921     Document Type: Article

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