Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in a group of Sri Lankan patients with chronic infection

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-324

  Manamperi, A ^a   Gunawardene, N S ^a   Wellawatta, C ^a   Abeyewickreme, W ^a   de Silva, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; VIROLOGY;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

EID: 80052166601     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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