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Epidemiological and virological characteristics of 2 subgroups of hepatitis B virus genotype C.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Jun 2005
Chan Henry L Y, Tsui Stephen K W, Tse Chi-Hang, Ng Eddie Y T, Au Thomas C C, Yuen Lilly, Bartholomeusz Angeline, Leung Kwong-Sak, Lee Kin-Hong, Locarnini Stephen, Sung Joseph J Y
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BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the characteristics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype C subgroups in Hong Kong and their relationship with HBV genotype C in other parts of Asia. METHODS: Full-genome nucleotide sequences of 49 HBV genotype C isolates from Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis B were compared with the sequences of 69 HBV genotype C isolates and 12 non-genotype C isolates in the GenBank...
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