Geographic distribution, virologic and clinical characteristics of hepatitis B virus genotypes in China

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 609-617

  Zeng, G ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Wen, S ^a   Jiang, J ^b   Wang, L ^c   Cheng, J ^d   Tan, D ^e   Xiao, F ^f   Ma, S ^a   Li, W ^g   Luo, K ^a   Naoumov, N V ^h   Hou, Jinlin ^a,h  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fuzhou Infectious Disease Hospital   (China)

^c JINAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL   (China)

^d BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HAINAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^g LANZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characteristics; China; Distribution; Genotype; Hepatitis B Virus; Liver histology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16844368819     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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