Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in Spain: Identification of viral genotypes and prediction of antigenic subtypes by limited sequencing

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-184

  Echevarría, José M ^a   Avellón, Ana ^a   Magnius, Lars O ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen subtypes; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus genotypes; Hepatitis B virus mutants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADW2 GENE; ADW4Q GENE; AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASIA; AYR GENE; AYW1 GENE; AYW2 GENE; AYW3 GENE; AYW4 ENE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHINESE; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LINE PROBE ASSAY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 17844372711     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20341     Document Type: Article

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