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Hepatitis D virus infection in Thailand: HDV genotyping by RT-PCR, RFLP and direct sequencing.
Infection - 1 Jun 2002
Theamboonlers A, Hansurabhanon T, Verachai V, Chongsrisawat V, Poovorawan Y
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is a degenerate RNA virus or virusoid that requires the surface coat of hepatitis B virus (HBV), i.e. hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), in order to become infectious. Three distinct genotypes of the virus have been classified. In this study, HDV genotypes were determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and direct sequencing. In Thailand, simultaneous...
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