A high variability of mixed infections and recent recombinations of hepatitis B virus in laos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Andernach, Iris E ^a   Jutavijittum, Prapan ^b   Samountry, Bounthome ^c   Yousukh, Amnat ^b   Thammavong, Te ^d   Hübschen, Judith M ^a   Muller, Claude P ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^d Lao Red Cross   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CALCULATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LAOS; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; S GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LAOS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84857477877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030245     Document Type: Article

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