A new core promoter mutation and premature stop codon in the S gene in HBV strains from Iranian patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Veazjalali, M ^a,b   Norder, H ^c   Magnius, L ^c   Jazayeri, S M ^a   Alavian, S M ^d   Mokhtari Azad, T ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

HBV genome; Hepatitis B virus; Iran; Liver cirrhosis; Mutation; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; S GENE; STOP CODON; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 61449135175     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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