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The dominant hepatitis B virus genotype identified in Tibet is a C/D hybrid.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2002
Cui Chaoyin, Shi Jinxiu, Hui Lijian, Xi Huifeng, Zhuoma, Quni, Tsedan, Hu Gengxi
Abstract excerpt
There are no reports on DNA sequences of hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains from Tibet, although this highland area has a high HBsAg-positive population. We characterized HBV isolates from sera of 26 HBsAg-positive Tibetans. To determine the HBV genotypes and their phylogenetic relationships, we sequenced two genomic regions, one including the pre-S1/pre-S2/S region and the other including the pre-C/C region. The...
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