Hepatitis B virus genotypes and precore and core mutants in Brazilian patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2455-2460

  Sitnik, Roberta ^a   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^a,b   Bertolini, Dennis Armando ^b   Bernardini, Antonio Plinio ^a   Da Silva, Luiz Caetano ^c   Carrilho, Flair José ^c  

^a Jardim Paulista   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2942568057     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2455-2460.2004     Document Type: Article

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