Genotype, serotype, and phylogenetic characterization of the complete genome sequence of hepatitis B virus isolates from Malawian chronic carriers of the virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-40

  Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Kato, Hideaki ^a   Suzuki, Seiji ^a   Kawakita, Saori ^a   Sakamoto, Yuko ^b   Fukushima, Kouichi ^b   Akiba, Toshio ^c   Yoshihara, Namiko ^b   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Health Training Institutions Unit   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; ELISA; Monoclonal antibody; Nucleotide sequence; Polymerase chain reaction; Sub Sahara Africa

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARRIER STATE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 0037211264     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10265     Document Type: Article

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