Hepatitis B virus genotypes, core promoter variants, and precore stop codon variants in patients infected chronically in North-Eastern Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 734-740

  Dal Molin, Gianna ^a   Poli, Albino ^b   Crocè, Lory S ^a   D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco ^a   Biagi, Claudia ^a   Comar, Manola ^a   Tiribelli, Claudio ^a   Campello, Cesare ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UCO Igiene e Medicina Preventiva   (Italy)

Author keywords

Core promoter variants; Genotypes; HBV; Molecular epidemiology; Precore variants

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEROCONVERSION; STOP CODON; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CODON, TERMINATOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33646486260     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20616     Document Type: Article

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