Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotypes in chronic carriers in Santiago, Chile

Archives of Virology

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2129-2132

  Venegas, Mauricio ^a   Muñoz, Gabriela ^a   Hurtado, Carmen ^a   Alvarez, Luis ^a   Velasco, Marta ^a   Villanueva, Rodrigo A ^b   Brahm, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 55949090842     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0231-6     Document Type: Article

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