Hepatitis B virus genotype C prevails among chronic carriers of the virus in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 816-820

  Si, Hyun Bae ^a,b   Seung, Kew Yoon ^a,b   Jeong, Won Jang ^a,b   Chang, Wook Kim ^a,b   Soon, Woo Nam ^a,b   Jong, Young Choi ^a,b   Boo, Sung Kim ^a,b   Young, Min Park ^c   Suzuki, Seiji ^d   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^d   Mizokami, Masashi ^d  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Viral Hepatitis   (South Korea)

^c Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis, Chronic

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744494442     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.5.816     Document Type: Article

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