Hepatitis B virus genotype G epidemiology and co-infection with genotype A in Canada

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3009-3015

  Osiowy, Carla ^a,b   Gordon, Diane ^a   Borlang, Jamie ^a   Giles, Elizabeth ^a   Villeneuve, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 58149388467     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/005124-0     Document Type: Article

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