Epidemiology of HBV subgenotypes D

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-37

  Ozaras, Resat ^a   Inanc Balkan, Ilker ^a   Yemisen, Mucahit ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ALBANIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HAITI; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; KENYA; LEBANON; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NIGER; NORTH AFRICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RWANDA; SERBIA; SEROCONVERSION; SHORT SURVEY; TUNISIA; VIRUS LOAD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; VIROLOGY;

GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84922233521     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2014.06.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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