Characterization of Hepatitis B virus strains from the Central African Republic: Preliminary results;Caractérisation des souches de virus de l'hépatite B circulant en République centrafricaine : résultats préliminaires

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 310-313

  Bekondi, C ^a,b   Olinger, C M ^c   Boua, N ^d   Talarmin, A ^a   Venard, V ^b   Muller, C P ^c   Le Faou, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^c Institut of immunology   (Luxembourg)

^d Hopital de l'Amitie   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Central African Republic; Genotype E; HBV; preS2 S region

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47249134693     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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