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Hepatitis delta virus genotypes I and II cocirculate in an endemic area of Yakutia, Russia.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2001
Ivaniushina Valeria, Radjef Nadjia, Alexeeva Marfa, Gault Elyanne, Semenov Sergei, Salhi Mohammed, Kiselev Oleg, Dény Paul
Abstract excerpt
Currently, three genotypes of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) are described. The most common, genotype I, has a worldwide distribution; in contrast, genotype II has been found previously only in Japan and Taiwan, while genotype III is found exclusively in South America. Considering the high prevalence of HDV in Northern Siberia (Russia), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) was used to analyse HDV...
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