Multiple genotypes and subtypes of hepatitis B and C viruses in Belarus: Similarities with Russia and western European influences

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 575-581

  Olinger, C M ^a   Lazouskaya, N V ^b   Eremin, V F ^b   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a National Public Health Laboratory Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^b Research Institute for Epidemiology & Microbiology RIEM   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Belarus; Epidemiology; Genotypes; Hepatitis viruses; Molecular phylogeny; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLITICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 43149093559     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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