Relationship of serological subtype, basic core promoter and precore mutations to genotypes/subgenotypes of hepatitis B virus

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-46

  Kramvis, Anna ^a   Arakawa, Kazuko ^b   Yu, Mimi C ^c   Nogueira, Ramon ^a   Stram, Daniel O ^b   Kew, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic core promoter; Genotype; Phylogenetic analysis; Precore; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SOFTWARE; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 36849038593     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21049     Document Type: Article

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