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Recent High Incidence of Fulminant Hepatitis in Samara, Russia: Molecular Analysis of Prevailing Hepatitis B and D Virus Strains
1 Jan 2000
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Until 1991, the Russian city of Samara was largely isolated from other parts of Russia and the rest of the world. Very recently, Samara has seen an alarming increase in the incidence of hepatitis. The proportion of fulminant cases is unusually high. We wanted to assess the roles of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis D virus (HDV) in acute viral hepatitis in this region by analyzing the prevailing strains of...
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