Predominance of hepatitis B virus genotype C among Karens, the 'old settlers' of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Archives of Virology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1223-1228

  Datta, S ^a,c   Chandra, P K ^a,c   Banerjee, A ^a,c   Chakravarty, R ^a,c   Murhekar, K M ^b   Murhekar, M V ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

^c ID and BG Hospital Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; MYANMAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYANMAR; PHYLOGENY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 34249014417     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0910-0     Document Type: Article

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