Characterization of genotype H hepatitis B virus strain identified for the first time from a Japanese blood donor by nucleic acid amplification test

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 595-599

  Ohnuma, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Akira ^a   Mizoguchi, Hideaki ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RED CROSS; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 14744296794     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80732-0     Document Type: Article

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