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Genotyping of hepatitis B virus isolated from chronic hepatitis B patients in the south of Turkey by DNA cycle-sequencing method.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Sept 2005
Serin Mehmet S, Akkiz Hikmet, Abayli Bahri, Oksuz Murat, Aslan Gonul, Emekdas Gurol
Abstract excerpt
The 8 genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV A-H) show a distinct geographic distribution and influence the course of disease and the prognosis of treatment. In this study, we have genotyped 50 HBV isolates circulating in the south of Turkey by DNA cycle sequencing, based on their compatibility with reference sequences of a part of S gene. In our cases, all 50 (100%) HBV sequences from the patients demonstrated full...
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