A novel B/C inter-genotype recombinant of hepatitis B virus identified in north-west China

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 153-155

  Chen, Xiaoming ^a   Dai, Bangyao ^b   Liu, Zhengcai ^b   Gao, Jie ^a   Ji, Zhaohua ^a   Guo, Jutao ^c   Chen, Gang ^d   Deng, Zhongrong ^a   Shao, Zhongjun ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HEPATITIS B FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 84890302984     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.054023-0     Document Type: Article

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