Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis delta viruses circulating in the Western Amazon region, North Brazil

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Crispim, Myuki Alfaia E ^a   Fraiji, Nelson A ^a   Campello, Sonia C ^a   Schriefer, Nicolaus A ^b   Stefani, Mariane Martins A ^c   Kiesslich, Dagmar ^a  

^a Foundation of Hematology and Hemotherapy of the Amazonas State   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotypes; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis delta virus; Molecular epidemiology; Western Amazon

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS D; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894635301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-94     Document Type: Article

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