Commentary on: A study of genotype, mutants, and nucleotide sequence of HBV in Pakistan

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-291

  Jazayeri, Seyed Mohammad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis B; Mutants; Virus epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASIA; CAUCASIAN; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84857843973     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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