Distribution of genotype/subtype and mutational spectra of the surface gene of hepatitis B virus circulating in Hanoi, Vietnam

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-169

  Thuy, Le Thi Thanh ^a   Ryo, Haruko ^a   Van Phung, Le ^b   Furitsu, Katsumi ^a   Nomura, Taisei ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; HBV genotype; HBV subtype; Mutation; S gene; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; THREONINE;

ADR GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AYW1 GENE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS SURFACE GENE; VIRUS TYPING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIETNAM; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 17844367824     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20337     Document Type: Article

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