Distinct geographic distributions of hepatitis B virus genotypes in patients with acute infection in Japan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-46

  Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi ^a,k   Okuse, Chiaki ^a   Yasuda, Kiyomi ^b   Orito, Etsuro ^c   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^d   Toyoda, Joji ^e   Tomita, Eiichi ^f   Hino, Keisuke ^g   Okita, Kiwamu ^g   Murashima, Shiro ^h   Sata, Michio ^h   Hoshino, Hiromi ⁱ   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^j   Iino, Shiro ^a,b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kiyokawa Hospital   (Japan)

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

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Gifu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^g YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Division of Biomedical Engineering   (Japan)

^j Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Epidemiology; Genotypes; Hepatitis B e antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Japan; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PHYLOGENY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 23044446614     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20411     Document Type: Article

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