A novel hepatitis B virus (HBV) subgenotype D (D8) strain, resulting from recombination between genotypes D and E, is circulating in Niger along with HBV/E strains

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1609-1620

  Chekaraou, Mariama Abdou ^a   Brichler, Ségolène ^a,b   Mansour, Waël ^c   Gal, Frédéric Le ^a   Garba, Aminata ^d   Dény, Paul ^a,b   Gordien, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NATIONAL DE NIAMEY   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS TYPE D; HEPATITIS B VIRUS TYPE D8; HEPATITIS B VIRUS TYPE E; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIGER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 77952690629     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.018127-0     Document Type: Article

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