African Links and Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in the Republic of Yemen

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Sallam, Talal A ^a   Tong, C Y William ^b,c,d  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displacement; Genotype A and D; Human migration

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS A; HEPATITIS B VIRUS D; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOQOTRA ISLAND; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TYPING; YEMEN;

AFRICA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CARRIER STATE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; YEMEN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 1842613428     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20056     Document Type: Article

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