Characteristics of geographic distributions and route of infection for hepatitis B virus genotype D in Ehime area in western Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-262

  Matsuura, Kana ^a   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuhiko ^b   Nadano, Seijin ^c   Okada, Shinichi ^d   Matsuura, Bunzo ^a   Hiasa, Yoichi ^a   Horiike, Norio ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c Ehime Prefectural Niihama Hospital   (Japan)

^d Ehime University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Genotype D; Hepatitis B virus; Infectious route

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33947712361     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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