Characteristics of hepatitis B viral strains in chronic carrier patients from North-East Algeria;Caractéristiques des souches virales responsables d'hépatites B chroniques en Algérie du Nord-Est

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Khelifa, F ^a   Thibault, V ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Phylogeny; Polymerase; Precore mutants

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTANT; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGERIA; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649095213     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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