Pattern and molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis B virus genotypes circulating in Pakistan

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1242-1246

  Awan, Zunaira ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^a   Amin, Irum ^a   Butt, Sadia ^a   Afzal, Samia ^a   Akbar, Haji ^a   Rehman, Irshad ur ^a   Younas, Saima ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Lal, Amreek ^a   Saleem, Sana ^a   Rauff, Bisma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Infection; Pattern

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 77957306526     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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