HBV genotypes prevalence, precore and basal core mutants in Morocco

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1157-1162

  Baha, Warda ^a,b   Ennaji, My Mustapha ^b   Lazar, Fatiha ^a   Melloul, Marouane ^c   El Fahime, Elmostafa ^c   El Malki, Abdelouahad ^a   Bennani, Abdelouaheb ^a  

^a Molecular Biology Laboratory   (Morocco)

^b HASSAN II UNIVERSITY OF CASABLANCA   (Morocco)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH   (Morocco)

Author keywords

HBV genotypes; Hepatitis B; Morocco; Mutants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CORE MUTANT; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECORE MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84861925793     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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