Hepatitis B virus: The genotype E puzzle

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-240

  Andernach, Iris E ^a   Hübschen, Judith M ^a   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE E; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 67651027847     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.618     Document Type: Review

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