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Hepatitis B virus genotypes and HBsAg subtypes in refugees and injection drug users in the United States determined by LiPA and monoclonal EIA.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2001
Swenson P D, Van Geyt C, Alexander E R, Hagan H, Freitag-Koontz J M, Wilson S, Norder H, Magnius L O, Stuyver L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotyping and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) subtyping were carried out on sera from 196 HBsAg-positive patients, including 151 refugees entering the United States and 45 injection drug users in Seattle. HBsAg subtyping was performed by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) using a panel of monoclonal antibodies and the HBV genotype was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by...
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