Prevalence and molecular diversity of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis delta virus in urban and rural populations in northern Gabon in Central Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2265-2268

  Makuwa, Maria ^a   Mintsa Ndong, Armel ^a   Souquière, Sandrine ^a   Nkoghé, Dieudonné ^a   Leroy, Eric M ^a   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Service de Cooperation et d'Action Culturelle   (Gabon)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS 1; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS 7; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS 8; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 67650092753     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02012-08     Document Type: Article

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