New HBV subgenotype D9, a novel D/C recombinant, identified in patients with chronic HBeAg-negative infection in Eastern India

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-218

  Ghosh, S ^a   Banerjee, P ^a   Deny, P ^b   Mondal, R K ^a   Nandi, M ^a   Roychoudhury, A ^c   Das, K ^a   Banerjee, S ^a   Santra, A ^a   Zoulim, F ^b   Chowdhury, A ^a   Datta, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE LYON   (France)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus; mutation; recombination; subgenotype

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873456224     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2012.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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