A phylogenetic study of hepatitis B virus in chronically infected Brazilian patients of Western and Asian descent

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 568-576

  Clemente, Cintia Mendes ^a   Carrilho, Flair José ^a   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^a   Ono Nita, Suzane Kioko ^a   Silva, Luiz Caetano Da ^a   Moreira, Regina Célia ^b   Lemos, Marcílio Figueiredo ^b   de Carvalho Mello, Isabel Maria Vicente Guedes ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Family; Genotype; Hepatitis B; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67449107145     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0044-8     Document Type: Article

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