Detection of a new subgenotype of hepatitis B virus genotype A in Cameroon but not in neighbouring Nigeria

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-94

  Hubschen J M ^a   Mbah, P O ^b   Forbi, J C ^a,c   Otegbayo, J A ^d   Olinger, C M ^a   Charpentier, E ^a   Muller, C P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^b District Hospital Bali   (Cameroon)

^c Virology Laboratory   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

A7; Africa; HBV; Phylogenetic; Subgenotype

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 78650153177     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03205.x     Document Type: Article

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