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Predominance of genotype A HBV in an HBV-HIV-1 dually positive population compared with an HIV-1-negative counterpart in Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2001
Koibuchi T, Hitani A, Nakamura T, Nojiri N, Nakajima K, Jyuji T, Iwamoto A
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has seven genotypes, A to G. Previous studies have shown that genotype C is the most prevalent strain in chronic HBV carriers in East Asia. This study was undertaken to investigate the epidemiology of HBV genotypes among Japanese patients who are coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The sequences of the complete hepatitis B surface antifen (HBsAg) genes were...
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