Genotype D amongst injection drug users with acute hepatitis B virus infection in British Columbia

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-73

  Panessa, C ^b   Hill, W D ^b   Giles, E ^c   Yu, A ^b   Harvard, S ^b   Butt, G ^b   Andonov, A ^c   Krajden, M ^b   Osiowy, C ^a,c  

^a Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genotype; Incarceration; Transmission risk factor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 58149094970     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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