Recombination of genotypes B and C in hepatitis B virus isolated from a Vietnamese patient with fulminant hepatitis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-37

  Tran, Huy Thien Tuan ^a,b   Ushijima, Hiroshi ^b   Ngoc, Trinh Thi ^c   Ha, Le Dang ^c   Hayashi, Shigeki ^d   Sata, Tetsutaro ^a   Abe, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION DISASTER MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIET NAM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIETNAM;

EID: 0038187690     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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