Hepatitis B virus subgenotype A1 predominates in liver disease patients from Kerala, India

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 9294-9306

  Gopalakrishnan, Deepak ^a,b   Keyter, Mark ^a   Shenoy, Kotacherry Trivikrama ^c   Leena, Kondarappassery Balakumaran ^c   Thayumanavan, Lakshmikanthan ^d   Thomas, Varghese ^e   Vinayakumar, K R ^b   Panackel, Charles ^b   Korah, Arun T ^b   Nair, Ramesh ^b   Kramvis, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Population Health and Research Institute   (India)

^d MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Genotype; Hepatocellular carcinoma; India; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS SUBGENOTYPE A1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CIRRHOSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; INDIA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891446515     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9294     Document Type: Article

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