Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of Hepatitis B virus in a group of migrants in Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Villano, Umbertina ^a   Lo Presti, Alessandra ^a   Equestre, Michele ^a   Cella, Eleonora ^a   Pisani, Giulio ^a   Giovanetti, Marta ^a   Bruni, Roberto ^a   Tritarelli, Elena ^a   Amicosante, Massimo ^b   Grifoni, Alba ^b   Scarcella, Carmelo ^c   El Hamad, Issa ^c,d   Pezzoli, Maria Chiara ^c   Silvia, Angeletti ^e   Ciccaglione, Anna Rita ^a   Ciccozzi, Massimo ^a,e  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^d Brescia Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBV; Migrants; Molecular epidemiology; Phylodynamics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BALKAN PENINSULA; BAYES THEOREM; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; MIGRANT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84937852994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0994-9     Document Type: Article

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