Hepatitis B virus genetic diversity in Argentina: Dissimilar genotype distribution in two different geographical regions; description of hepatitis B surface antigen variants

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-388

  Piñeiro y Leone, Flavia G ^a   Pezzano, Silvana C ^a   Torres, Carolina ^a   Rodríguez, Claudia E ^b   Eugenia Garay, M ^c   Fainboim, Hugo A ^d   Remondegui, Carlos ^e   Sorrentino, Adrián P ^f   Mbayed, Viviana A ^a   Campos, Rodolfo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Lab de Biol Molec Diagnostica   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Señor del Milagro   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^e Hospital Zonal General Agudos San Roque   (Argentina)

^f Hospital Julio C Perrando   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Genotype; HBsAg; HBV; Variants

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 46349105941     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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