Genotyping and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in liver disease patients in Kenya

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-110

  Ochwoto, Missiani ^a,b,d   Chauhan, Ranjit ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Deepak ^a   Chen, Chien Yu ^a   Ng'ang'a, Zipporah ^d   Okoth, Fredrick ^b   Kioko, Henry ^c   Kimotho, James ^b   Kaiguri, Peter ^b   Kramvis, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Cirrhosis; HBeAg; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Phylogenetic analysis; Subgenotype

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CIRRHOSIS; HBEAG; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SUBGENOTYPE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KENYA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84883625007     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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