Central African Republic is part of the West-African hepatitis B virus genotype E crescent

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Bekondi, Claudine ^a,b   Olinger, Christophe M ^c   Boua, Nathalie ^d   Talarmin, Antoine ^a   Muller, Claude P ^c   Le Faou, Alain ^a,b   Venard, Véronique ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Institute of Immunology   (Luxembourg)

^d Hopital de l'Amitie   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Central African Republic; Genotype A1; Genotype D; Genotype E; Hepatitis B virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE E; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 34548150695     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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