HBV subgenotype misclassification expands quasi-subgenotype A3

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 947-949

  Pourkarim, M R ^a,b   Amini Bavil Olyaee, S ^c   Lemey, P ^a   Maes, P ^a   Ranst, M Van ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Classification; Evolutionary analysis; HBV; Quasi subgenotype A3; Subgenotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 79959316212     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03374.x     Document Type: Article

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