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Distinguishing hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype D from non-D by a simple PCR.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Aug 2004
Eroglu C, Leblebicioglu H, Gunaydin M, Turan D, Sunbul M, Esen S, Sanic A
Abstract excerpt
Different HBV genotypes have characteristic geographical distribution, which is important epidemiologically. HBV strains have been classified into eight different genotypes (A-H) on the basis of >8% differences in the entire genomic sequence. Genotypes A and D are predominant in Europe, Africa, and the USA, genotypes B and C are restricted to East Asia, genotype E is found in Africa, and genotype F is found in...
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