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Determination of hepatitis B virus genotype G by polymerase chain reaction with hemi-nested primers.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Nov 2001
Kato H, Orito E, Sugauchi F, Ueda R, Gish R G, Usuda S, Miyakawa Y, Mizokami M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been classified into six genotypes designated A-F by sequence divergence in the entire genome exceeding 8%. Very recently, the seventh genotype was reported and named genotype G. HBV genotype G is distinct from genomes of the other six genotypes in that it possesses an insertion of 36 nucleotides in the core gene, and has been found so far in France and the United States. A method for...
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