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Hepatitis B virus: predominance of genotype D in primitive tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, India (1989-1999).
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2003
Arankalle V A, Murhekar K M, Gandhe S S, Murhekar M V, Ramdasi A Y, Padbidri V S, Sehgal S C
Abstract excerpt
To understand the possible origin of hepatitis B virus (HBV), three of the four hyperendemic, primitive accessible tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, India, were investigated. The Nicobarese tribe was investigated in 1989 and 1999. The S gene from 65 HBV isolates was amplified by PCR and sequenced. Genotyping and serotyping were carried out on the basis of phylogenetic and amino acid analyses of S gene....
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