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Hepatitis delta virus genotypes I and III circulate associated with hepatitis B virus genotype F In Venezuela.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2001
Quintero A, Uzcátegui N, Loureiro C L, Villegas L, Illarramendi X, Guevara M E, Ludert J E, Blitz L, Liprandi F, Pujol F H
Abstract excerpt
The genotypes of hepatitis B (HBV) and delta (HDV) viruses circulating among Venezuelan Amerindian populations, where these viruses are endemic, were determined by sequencing of PCR amplified products from HBsAg positive sera. HDV genotype I (n = 7, 6 from West Amerindians), and III (n = 5, 4 from South Amerindians), were found. Only one HDV genotype I isolate was associated with HBV genotype D, 4 HDV genotype I...
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