A novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype, D7, in Tunisian blood donors

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1622-1628

  Meldal, Birgit H M ^a   Moula, Najet Mojaat ^b   Barnes, If H A ^a,c   Boukef, Kamel ^b   Allain, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Tunisian National Blood Center   (Tunisia)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS SUBGENOTYPE D7; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING; BLOOD DONOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

BLOOD DONORS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUNISIA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 67849114362     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.009738-0     Document Type: Article

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