Hepatitis B virus genotypes among the Jarawas: A primitive Negrito tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Archives of Virology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1499-1510

  Murhekar, M V ^a   Chakravarty, R ^a   Murhekar, K M ^a   Banerjee, A ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RACE; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33746294651     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0737-8     Document Type: Article

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