An improved approach to identify epidemiological and phylogenetic transmission pairs of source and contact tracing of hepatitis B

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-434

  Veldhuijzen, Irene K ^a,b   Mes, Ted H M ^b   Mostert, Maria C ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^b   Pas, Suzan D ^b   Voermans, Jolanda ^b   De Man, Robert A ^b   Götz, Hannelore M ^a   Van Doornum, Gerard J J ^b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a,b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogenetic analysis; Source and contact tracing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 60049090072     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21413     Document Type: Article

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