Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infections in Denmark

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-52

  Fisker, Niels ^a   Pedersen, Court ^a   Lange, Marianne ^a   Nguyen, Nga Thien Tich ^a   Nguyen, Kim Thien Tich ^a   Georgsen, Jørgen ^a   Christensen, Peer Brehm ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HBV; HCV; hepatitis B; Hepatitis B; hepatitis C; IDU; Immigration; Injecting drug use; injecting drug use injecting drug user; men having sex with men; MSM; Outbreak analysis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DENMARK; DNA, VIRAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 3543093332     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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