Enigmatic origin of hepatitis B virus: An ancient travelling companion or a recent encounter?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7622-7634

  Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^a   Ebranati, Erika ^a   Gabanelli, Elena ^a   Sorrentino, Chiara ^a   Presti, Alessandra Lo ^b   Tanzi, Elisabetta ^c   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^b   Galli, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus genotypes and subgenotypes; Hepatitis B virus phylodynamics; Molecular epidemiology; Phylogeography; Population dynamics and epidemics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE A; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE C; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE D; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE E; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84903155914     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i24.7622     Document Type: Article

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