Application of hepatitis B virus genotyping and phylogenetic analysis in intrafamilial transmission of hepatitis B virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1576-1581

  Lin, Chih Lin ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^b   Chen, Bing Fang ^c   Chen, Pei Jer ^b   Lai, Ming Yang ^b   Chen, Ding Shinn ^b,d  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84984550830     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497837     Document Type: Article

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