Two simultaneous hepatitis B virus epidemics among injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Characterization of the first D/A recombinant from the American continent

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 827-838

  Trinks, J ^a,b   Cuestas, M L ^a   Tanaka, Y ^c   Mathet, V L ^a,b   Minassian, M L ^a,b   Rivero, C W ^a,b   Benetucci, J A ^d   Gimenez E D ^e   Segura, M ^f   Bobillo, M C ^a   Corach, D ^a,b   Ghiringhelli, P D ^b,g   Sanchez D O ^b,h   Avila M M ^b,f   Peralta, L A M ^b,f   Kurbanov, F ^c   Weissenbacher, M C ^b,f   Simmonds, P ⁱ   Mizokami, M ^c   Oubina J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Laboratorio de Retrovirus   (Argentina)

^e Hospital Zonal General de Agudos 'Dr Isidoro G Iriarte'   (Argentina)

^f Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; HBV recombinant; Hepatitis B virus; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG USERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 54949134910     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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