Epidemiological and virological characteristics of 2 subgroups of hepatitis B virus genotype C

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2022-2032

  Chan, Henry L Y ^a,c   Tsui, Stephen K W ^a   Tse, Chi Hang ^a   Ng, Eddie Y T ^a   Au, Thomas C C ^a   Yuen, Lilly ^b   Bartholomeusz, Angeline ^b   Leung, Kwong Sak ^a   Lee, Kin Hong ^a   Locarnini, Stephen ^b   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAR EAST; GENBANK; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIET NAM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 20444365463     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430324     Document Type: Article

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