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Relationship of genotypes of hepatitis B virus to mutations, disease progression and response to antiviral therapy.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Sept 2005
Kramvis A, Kew M C
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SUMMARY: Phylogenetic analysis has led to the classification of hepatitis B virus into eight genotypes, designated A to H. The genotypes have differences in biological properties and show heterogeneity in their global distribution. These attributes of the genotypes may account not only for differences in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus mutants in various geographic regions, but also be responsible for...
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