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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B viral serotypes and genotypes in taiwan.
Journal of biomedical science - 1 Jan 2000
Liu C J, Kao J H, Chen P J, Lai M Y, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
Subtypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) have specific geographic distributions and can serve as epidemiological markers. The relationship of HBV serotypes and genotypes in Taiwan and their correlation with the domiciles of origin in 122 patients with chronic HBV infection were investigated. The serotype of HBV was determined by comparing the surface gene encoding amino acids 22-148 of the major surface protein with...
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