Full-length sequence of hepatitis B virus belonging to genotype H identified in a Japanese patient with chronic hepatitis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-246

  Nakajima, Akira ^a,b,c   Usui, Mitsugu ^b   Huy, Tran Thien Tuan ^a   Hlaing, Naomi Khaing Than ^a   Masaki, Naohiko ^d   Sata, Tetsutaro ^a   Abe, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b PALMA Bee 'Z Research Inst Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Sanko Junyaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL;

EID: 26844573909     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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