Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus genotypes circulating in acute hepatitis B patients in the Campania Region

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1683-1693

  Sagnelli, Caterina ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^b,c   Pisaturo, Mariantonietta ^a   Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^d   Lo Presti, Alessandra ^b   Alessio, Loredana ^a   Starace, Mario ^a   Lovero, Domenica ^b   Sagnelli, Evangelista ^a,e   Coppola, Nicola ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Italian Health Institute   (Italy)

^c University of Biomedical Campus   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Endocrinologia e Malattie del Ricambio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis B; Epidemiology of acute hepatitis B; HBV molecular epidemiology; HBV phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CODON; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE A; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE D; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE E; HEPATITIS B VIRUS GENOTYPE F; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926114165     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24005     Document Type: Article

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