Identification of hepatitis B virus subgenotype A3 in rural Gabon

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1175-1184

  Makuwa, Maria ^a   Souquière, Sandrine ^a   Telfer, Paul ^a,b   Apetrei, Cristian ^c   Vray, Muriel ^d   Bedjabaga, Issa ^a   Mouinga Ondeme, Augustin ^a   Onanga, Richard ^a   Marx, Preston A ^c   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a   Roques, Pierre ^a,e   Simon, François ^a,f  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^f HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Genotype HBV A; Hepatitis B; Rural Gabon; Subgenotype HBV A3

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONGO; GABON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GABON; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33746798065     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20678     Document Type: Article

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