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Widespread dissemination in England of a stable and persistent hepatitis B virus variant.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2004

Hallett Rachel L, Ngui Siew Lin, Meigh Rolf E, Mutton Ken J, Boxall Elizabeth H, Teo Chong Gee

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BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of acute hepatitis B among inmates of 6 prisons in 3 regions of northern England occurring from 1992 through 1994 were found to be associated with a single hepatitis B virus (HBV) variant, which was carried by 20 of the 24 case patients. We instigated a study of cases of acute hepatitis B to trace the spread and prevalence of this variant. METHODS: A denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis...

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PMID: 15472844
DOI: 10.1086/423962

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