Characterization of hepatitis B virus genotypes among Yucpa Indians in Venezuela

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 359-365

  Nakano, T ^a   Lu, L ^a   Hu, X ^a   Mizokami, M ^a   Orito, E ^a   Shapiro, C N ^a   Hadler, S C ^a   Robertson, B H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; VENEZUELA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTANT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0035146233     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-2-359     Document Type: Article

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