Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in Afro-Venezuelan populations

Archives of Virology

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1829-1836

  Quintero, A ^a   Martinez D ^b   Alarcon De Noya B ^c   Costagliola, A ^d   Urbina, L ^d   Gonzalez N ^e   Liprandi, F ^a   Castro De Guerra, D ^e   Pujol, F H ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Hospital Universitario Dr Alfredo Van Grieken   (Venezuela)

^e INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VENEZUELA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036037430     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-002-0842-2     Document Type: Article

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