Increased hepatocarcinogenic potential of hepatitis B virus genotype A in Bantu-speaking sub-saharan Africans

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-521

  Kew, Michael C ^a,c   Kramvis, Anna ^a   Yu, Mimi C ^b   Arakawa, Kazuka ^b   Hodkinson, John ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic carriers genotyping; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Subgenotyping

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 14344261238     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20311     Document Type: Article

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