Change of hepatitis B virus genotypes in acute and chronic infections in Japan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1880-1884

  Kobayashi, Mariko ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Yatsuji, Hiromi ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Watahiki, Sachiyo ^a   Mineta, Rie ^a   Iwasaki, Satomi ^a   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^b   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Chronic hepatitis; Genotypes; Hepatitis B virus: subgenotypes

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOKYO;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 54749140522     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21309     Document Type: Article

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