Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and serotypes in patients with chronic HBV infection in Korea

Intervirology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Kim, Hong ^a   Jee, Young Mee ^b   Song, Byung Cheol ^c   Shin, Jung Woo ^d   Yang, Soo Hyun ^e   Mun, Ho Suk ^a   Kim, Hyun Ju ^a   Oh, Eun Ju ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Kim, Yoon Jun ^a   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a   Hwang, Eung Soo ^a   Cha, Chang Yong ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^e Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Direct sequencing; Genotype C2; Hepatitis B virus; Korean chronic patients; Phylogenetic analysis; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KOREA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33845805181     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096313     Document Type: Article

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