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The predominant genotypes of hepatitis B virus in Thailand.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Oct 1999
Theamboonlers A, Jantaradsamee P, Kaew-In N, Tangkijvanich P, Hirsch P, Poovorawan Y
Abstract excerpt
In Thailand, chronic liver disease (CLD) as a consequence of infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) constitutes a public-health burden. Control and treatment are complicated by the virus exhibiting an unusually high mutation rate, with some genotypes apparently causing more severe disease than others. Restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the pre-S region of the viral genome, amplified by...
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