Phylogenetic analysis of the precore/core gene of hepatitis B virus genotypes E and A in West Africa: New subtypes, mixed infections and recombinations

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1163-1173

  Olinger, Christophe M ^a   Venard, Véronique ^b   Njayou, Mounjohou ^c   Bola Oyefolu, Akeeb O ^d   Maïga, Ibrahim ^e   Kemp, Alain J ^a   Omilabu, Sunday A ^d   le Faou, Alain ^b   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^e Hopital National du Point G   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33646147584     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81614-0     Document Type: Article

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