A new subtype (subgenotype) Ac (A3) of hepatitis B virus and recombination between genotypes A and E in Cameroon

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2047-2056

  Kurbanov, Fuat ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Fujiwara, Kei ^a   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^a   Mbanya, Dora ^b   Zekeng, Leopold ^b   Ndembi, Nicaise ^b   Ngansop, Charlotte ^b   Kaptue, Lazare ^b   Miura, Tomoyuki ^c   Ido, Eiji ^c   Hayami, Masanori ^c   Ichimura, Hiroshi ^d   Mizokami, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMEROON; DNA, VIRAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 21444439602     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.80922-0     Document Type: Article

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