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Complete genome sequence and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis B virus isolated from Turkish patients with chronic HBV infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2005
Bozdayi Gülendam, Türkyilmaz A Resat, Idilman Ramazan, Karatayli Ersin, Rota Seyyal, Yurdaydin Cihan, Bozdayi A Mithat
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Hepatitis viruses are the leading causes of chronic liver disease resulting in chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in the world and also in Turkey. Although Turkey has an intermediate rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with a prevalence reported as 5%, a complete HBV genome sequence has not been published. In this study, the molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis are...
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