The T1858 variant predisposing to the precore stop mutation correlates with one of two major genotype F hepatitis B virus clades

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2083-2087

  Norder, Heléne ^a   Arauz Ruiz, Patricia ^a   Blitz, Linda ^b   Pujol, Flor H ^c   Echevarria, José M ^d   Magnius, Lars O ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

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

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYSTEINE; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; LEUCINE; THREONINE; THYMINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CARRIER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0042668509     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19034-0     Document Type: Article

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