Genotype H: A new Amerindian genotype of hepatitis B virus revealed in Central America

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2059-2073

  Arauz Ruiz, Patricia ^a   Norder, Helene ^a   Robertson, Betty H ^a   Magnius, Lars O ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MEXICO; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036330525     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-8-2059     Document Type: Review

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