Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus in the United Republic of Tanzania

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1035-1042

  Hasegawa, Izumi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Kurbanov, Fuat ^a   Yoshihara, Namiko ^b   El Gohary, Ahmed ^c   Lyamuya, Eligius ^d   Matee, Mecky ^d   Magessa, Pius ^d   Fujiwara, Kei ^a   Ozasa, Atsushi ^a   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Core promoter; HBeAg seroconversion; HBV genotype

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; THYMINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33745726970     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20659     Document Type: Article

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