Hepatitis B virus genotyping, core promoter, and precore/core mutations among Afghan patients infected with hepatitis B: A preliminary report

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 358-364

  Amini Bavil Olyaee, Samad ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b   Adeli, Alimad ^a   Sarrami Forooshani, Ramin ^a   Sabahi, Farzaneh ^c   Sabouri, Elham ^a   Tavangar, Hamid Reza ^b   Azizi, Mohammad ^a   Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Afghan patients; Afghanistan; BCP Prec C mutations; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS TYPING; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33644649571     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20547     Document Type: Article

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