Molecular epidemiological study of hepatitis B virus among migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar to Thailand

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1341-1349

  Sa nguanmoo, Pattaratida ^a   Tangkijvanich, Pisit ^a   Thawornsuk, Nutchanart ^a   Vichaiwattana, Preeyaporn ^a   Prianantathavorn, Kesmanee ^a   Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^b   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Mutation; Seroprevalence; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CODON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; SEROPREVALENCE; THAILAND; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CAMBODIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYANMAR; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LAOTIA;

EID: 77956574501     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21828     Document Type: Article

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