Identification of genotype B among hepatitis B virus-infected patients in Hyderabad, India

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-270

  Mukherjee, Rathindra Mohan ^a   Reddy, Panyala Balkumar ^a   Sasikala, Mitnala ^a   Rao, Padaki Nagaraja ^b   Reddy, Duvvuru Nageshwar ^b  

^a CARE Foundation   (India)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMPLICON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77952533085     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31779-x     Document Type: Letter

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