Hepatitis B virus genotypes identified by a Line Probe Assay (LiPA) among chronic carriers from Spain

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 452-454

  Echevarría, José María ^a   León, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotypes; Hepatitis B virus; Line probe assay

Indexed keywords

PYROXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENE PROBE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LINE ROBE ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 2942593433     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13066851     Document Type: Article

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