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Genotype H: a new Amerindian genotype of hepatitis B virus revealed in Central America.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2002
Arauz-Ruiz Patricia, Norder Helene, Robertson Betty H, Magnius Lars O
Abstract excerpt
The complete genomes were sequenced for ten hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains. Two of them, from Spain and Sweden, were most similar to genotype D, although encoding d specificity. Five of them were from Central America and belonged to genotype F. Two strains from Nicaragua and one from Los Angeles, USA, showed divergences of 3.1-4.1% within the small S gene from genotype F strains and were recognized previously as...
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