High prevalence and predominance of hepatitis delta virus genotype 1 infection in Cameroon

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1162-1164

  Foupouapouognigni, Yacouba ^a   Noah, Dominique Noah ^b   Sartre, Michèle Tagni ^c   Njouom, Richard ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Hopital Central de Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c Cabinet Médical de la Cathédrale CMC   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 79952327122     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01822-10     Document Type: Article

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