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Genotype analysis, using PCR with type-specific primers, of hepatitis B virus isolates from patients coinfected with hepatitis delta virus genotype II from Miyako Island, Japan.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2003
Moriyama Moriyama, Taira Masaaki, Matsumura Hiroshi, Aoki Hiroshi, Mikuni Morio, Kaneko Miki, Shioda Atsuo, Iwaguchi Kayo, Arai Shinobu, Ichijima Sagiri, Iwasaki Hiroko, Tanaka Naohide, Abe Kenji, Arakawa Yasuyuki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to determine the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNA-positive patients and to characterize the HBV nucleotide sequences that may be found on a distant island of Japan. METHODS: This study included three patients with chronic hepatitis who were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; ELISA), HDV antibody...
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