Genetic, antigenic and biological differences between strains of hepatitis A virus.

doi:10.1016/0264-410x(92)90540-z

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Genetic, antigenic and biological differences between strains of hepatitis A virus.

Vaccine - 1 Jan 1992

Lemon S M, Jansen R W, Brown E A

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Recent studies have documented a considerable degree of genetic divergence among wild-type hepatitis A virus (HAV) strains recovered from different geographical locations. Human HAV strains can be grouped into four genotypes (I, II, III and VII) and unique simian strains belong to three additiona...

Topics

Animals
Antigenic Variation
Antigens, Viral
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Genotype
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Antigens
Hepatovirus
Humans
Primates
Species Specificity

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