Epidemiology and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in Luanda, Angola

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 970-977

  Valente, Fatima ^a,b   do Lago, Barbara Vieira ^a   de Castro, Carlos Augusto Velasco ^a   de Almeida, Adilson José ^c   Gomes, Selma A ^a   Soares, Caroline Cordeiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Eduardo dos Santos   (Angola)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO GAFFRÉE E GUINLE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotypes; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B virus; HIV 1

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 78650835240     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800004     Document Type: Article

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