A study of genotypes, mutants and nucleotide sequence of hepatitis B virus in Pakistan

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Mumtaz, Khalid ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Moatter, Tariq ^a   Mushtaq, Shamim ^a   Khan, Anis ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^b   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA; Epidemiology; Genotype; HBV; Hepatitis B; Mutants; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 79956212563     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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