A complex hepatitis B virus (X/C) recombinant is common in Long An county, Guangxi and may have originated in southern China

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 402-411

  Fang, Zhong Liao ^a,b   Hué, Stéphane ^a   Sabin, Caroline A ^a   Li, Guo Jian ^c   Yang, Jin Ye ^b   Chen, Qin Yan ^b   Fang, Kong Xiong ^d   Huang, Jian ^d   Wang, Xue Yan ^b   Harrison, Tim J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

^d Long An County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LAOS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIET NAM; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REASSORTANT VIRUSES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 79251494131     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.026666-0     Document Type: Article

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