Genotypes and phylogenetic characterization of hepatitis B and delta viruses in Egypt

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-536

  Saudy, Niveen ^a,b   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Suzuki, Seiji ^a   Abdel Aal, Amina ^b   Abo Zaid, Mostafa ^b   Agha, Salah ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Africa; Blood donors; HBV; HDAg; Hepatitis D virus; Precore mutation

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMALIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; SOMALIA;

EID: 0037708346     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10427     Document Type: Article

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