Hepatitis B virus DNA in serum of healthy black African adults positive for hepatitis B surface antibody alone: Possible association with recombination between genotypes A and D

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 441-454

  Owiredu, William K B A ^a   Kramvis, Anna ^a   Kew, Michael C ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carriers; Hepatitis B virus surface and pre surface genes; Mutations; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0034964464     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1070     Document Type: Article

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