Complete genomic sequence and phylogenetic relatedness of hepatitis B virus isolates from Iran

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-326

  Amini Bavil Olyaee, Samad ^a   Sarrami Forooshani, Ramin ^a   Adeli, Ahmad ^a   Sabahi, Farzaneh ^b   Abachi, Mansour ^a   Azizi, Mohammad ^a   Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Complete genome sequence; Hepatitis B virus; Iran; Iranian HBV infected patients; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS X GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 20044388131     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20362     Document Type: Article

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