Changing prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes in Iceland

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-485

  Björnsdottir, Thora B ^a,b   Stanzeit, Barbara ^b   Sällberg, Matti ^a   Löve, Arthur ^b   Hultgren, Catharine ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Genotype; HBV; Iceland

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; ICELAND; PREVALENCE;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 27744554557     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20480     Document Type: Article

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