First report of genotype e of hepatitis B virus in an Indian population

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 235-238

  Singh, Jasbir ^a   Dickens, Caroline ^c   Pahal, Vikas ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Chaudhary, Rajender ^b   Kramvis, Anna ^c   Kew, Michael C ^d  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sri Krisna Ayurvedic College   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; North Indian population; Precore mutations

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 67649873052     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227279     Document Type: Article

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