Article
Does hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype influence the clinical outcome of HBV infection?
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jul 1999
Mayerat C, Mantegani A, Frei P C
Abstract excerpt
Between 5 and 10% of adults infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) develop a chronic infection lasting longer than 6 months, which may lead to advanced liver disease. HBV can be classified into six genotypic families: A, B, C, D, E and F, but only genotypes A and D are significantly represented in western Europe, where they account for some 90% of cases of infection with HBV. In the present study, we...
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