Molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus isolates from Zimbabwean blood donors

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-244

  Gulube, Zandiswa ^a   Chirara, Michael ^b   Kew, Michael ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^c   Mizokami, Masashi ^d   Kramvis, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

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

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Africa; Complete genome; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Subgenotype A1

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; VALINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS GENOME; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; ZIMBABWE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 78650324690     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21954     Document Type: Article

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