Full genome analysis of hepatitis B virus genotype E strains from South-Western Africa and Madagascar reveals low genetic variability

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Kramvis, Anna ^a,c   Restorp, Karin ^b   Norder, Heléne ^b   Botha, Johan F ^a   Magnius, Lars O ^b   Kew, Michael C ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Swed Inst for Infect Dis Cotrol   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotyping; Subtyping; Variants

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 23044484343     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20412     Document Type: Article

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