Hepatitis B virus infection in Latin America: A genomic medicine approach

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7181-7196

  Roman, Sonia ^a   Jose Abrego, Alexis ^a   Fierro, Nora Alma ^a   Escobedo Melendez, Griselda ^b   Ojeda Granados, Claudia ^a   Martinez Lopez, Erika ^a   Panduro, Arturo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^b Civil Hospital of Guadalajara 'Juan I Menchaca'   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central America; Genomic medicine; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus genotypes; Latin America; Mexico; South America

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE A; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE D; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE F; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE H; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MESTIZO; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84902650882     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i23.7181     Document Type: Article

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