Complete-genome analysis of hepatitis B virus from wild-born chimpanzees in central Africa demonstrates a strain-specific geographical cluster

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2679-2685

  Makuwa, Maria ^a   Souquière, Sandrine ^a   Bourry, Olivier ^a   Rouquet, Pierre ^a   Telfer, Paul ^a   Mauclère, Philippe ^b   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a   Roques, Pierre ^c   Simon, François ^d  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHIMPANZEE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGO; GABON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SUBSPECIES; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 35048858734     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82992-0     Document Type: Article

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