Hepatitis B virus genotypes and precore and core mutants in UAE patients

Virology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Alfaresi, Mubarak ^a   Elkoush, Abida ^a   Alshehhi, Hajer ^a   Alzaabi, Azza ^a   Islam, Adeel ^a  

^a ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTANT; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954551766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-160     Document Type: Article

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