Phylogenetic analysis of new hepatitis B virus isolates from Nigeria supports endemicity of genotype E in West Africa

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 463-469

  Odemuyiwa, Solomon O ^a   Mulders, Mick N ^a   Oyedele, Oluseyi I ^b   Ola, Samuel O ^c   Odaibo, Georgina N ^b   Olaleye, David O ^a   Muller, Claude P ^a,d  

^a Laboratoire Nationale de Sant Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d NONE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

"a" determinant; HBV genotypes; S protein mutation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0034788190     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2058     Document Type: Article

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