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Complete genomic sequence and phylogenetic relatedness of hepatitis B virus isolates from Iran.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2005
Amini-Bavil-Olyaee Samad, Sarrami-Forooshani Ramin, Adeli Ahmad, Sabahi Farzaneh, Abachi Mansour, Azizi Mohammad, Mahboudi Fereidoun
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the main etiological agents of acute and chronic liver disease that is still a major public health problem in the world. Numerous HBV isolates have grouped into eight genotypes, A to H, based on the complete genome sequence. To date, no study has been carried out on the complete HBV genome sequence in Iran. The objective of this study was to investigate the complete genome...
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