Hepatitis B genotypes, precore and core promoter mutants circulating in Tunisia

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-357

  Bahri, O ^a   Cheikh, I ^b   Hajji, N ^a   Djebbi, A ^a   Maamouri, N ^b   Sadraoui, A ^a   Ben Mami, N ^b   Triki, H ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Genotypes; HBV mutants; Hepatitis infection; Molecular epidemiology; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STATISTICS; TUNISIA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33644661975     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20554     Document Type: Article

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