Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis B virus genotypes in Pakistan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Alam, Muhammad Masroor ^a   Zaidi, Sohail Zahoor ^a   Malik, Salman Akbar ^b   Shaukat, Shahzad ^a   Naeem, Asif ^a   Sharif, Salmaan ^a   Angez, Mehar ^a   Butt, Javed Aslam ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

EID: 36448973060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-115     Document Type: Article

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