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Genotypes and S-gene variability of Mexican hepatitis B virus strains.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2002
Sánchez L V, Maldonado M, Bastidas-Ramírez B E, Norder H, Panduro A
Abstract excerpt
The genotypes and subtypes of 15 Mexican hepatitis B virus strains were determined by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the small S-gene. The most predominant strains were found to be divergent genotype/subtype F/adw4 strains (66.6%), followed by A/adw2 (20.0%), D/ayw3 (6.7%), and G/adw2 (6.7%). The S-genes of the Mexican genotype F strains and two Nicaraguan strains described previously formed a subcluster...
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