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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotyping in Belgian patients with chronic HBV infection.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2005
Micalessi M I, De Cock L, Vranckx R
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have demonstrated that pathogenic and therapeutic differences exist among hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes. Therefore, this study established the prevalence of different HBV genotypes in 128 Belgian patients with chronic HBV infection. The prevalences of genotypes A and D, and mixed genotypes A and D, were 53%, 37% and 8%, respectively, for a group of blood donors, and 54%, 31% and 9%,...
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