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

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-294

  Pourkarim, Mahmoud Reza ^a,b   Van Ranst, Marc ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Hepatitis B virus; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 84857862477     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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