Distribution and characteristics of hepatitis B virus genotype C subgenotypes in China

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 426-434

  Wang, Z ^a,b   Hou, J ^b   Zeng, G ^b   Wen, S ^b   Tanaka, Y ^c   Cheng, J ^d   Kurbanov, F ^c   Wang, L ^e   Jiang, J ^f   Naoumov, N V ^g   Mizokami, M ^c   Qi, Y ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JINAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL   (China)

^f Fuzhou Infectious Disease Hospital   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Recombination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HYBRID; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248387618     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2006.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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