Frequency and distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes among eastern Indian voluntary blood donors: Association with precore and basal core promoter mutations

Hepatology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Biswas, Avik ^a   Chandra, Partha K ^a,b   Datta, Sibnarayan ^a   Panigrahi, Rajesh ^a   Banerjee, Arup ^a,c   Chakrabarti, Shekhar ^d   Biswas, Kalidas ^e   Patra, Dipak ^e   Bhattacharya, Prasun ^f   Biswas, Kuntal ^e   Chakravarty, Runu ^a,g  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^f Institute of Blood Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology   (India)

^g NONE   (India)

Author keywords

BCP PreC mutation; Blood donors; HBV genotypes

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 58149187908     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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