Identification of hepatitis B virus core mutants by PCR-RFLP in chronic hepatitis B patients from Punjab, Pakistan

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Aslam, M A ^a   Awan, F R ^a   Tauseef, I ^b   Ali, S ^a   Ahmad, N ^a   Malik, N A ^a   Riaz, M N ^a   Qureshi, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b HAZARA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIROLOGY;

DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 38349184840     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1093-z     Document Type: Article

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