Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis B virus full-length genomes reveals evidence for a large nosocomial outbreak in Belgium

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Pourkarim, Mahmoud Reza ^a,b   Verbeeck, Jannick ^a   Rahman, Mustafizur ^a,c   Amini Bavil Olyaee, Samad ^d   Forier, An Marie ^e   Lemey, Philippe ^a   Maes, Piet ^a   Van Ranst, Marc ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e Flemish Agency for Care and Health   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Full length genome; Hepatitis B virus; Maximum likelihood algorithm; Nosocomial outbreak; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONOPHYLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 67949098842     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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