Diversity of hepatitis B virus infecting Malaysian candidate blood donors is driven by viral and host factors

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-101

  Meldal, B H M ^a   Bon, A H ^b   Prati, D ^c,d   Ayob, Y ^b   Allain, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b National Blood Centre   (Malaysia)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian phylogeny; blood donors; HBsAg concentration; hepatitis B virus (HBV); immune control; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DNA, VIRAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650878639     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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