Hepatitis B virus in the State of Alagoas, Brazil: Genotypes characterization and mutations of the precore and basal core promoter regions

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 704-706

  Eloy, Alba Maria Xavier ^a   Moreira, Regina Célia ^b   Lemos, Marcílio Figueiredo ^b   de Almeida Silva, Jéfferson Luis ^c   Coêlho, Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alagoas; Brazil; Genotypes; HBV mutation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ALAGOAS; BRAZIL; GENOTYPES; HBV MUTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84888022109     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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