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Full-length sequence of hepatitis B virus belonging to genotype H identified in a Japanese patient with chronic hepatitis.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2005
Nakajima Akira, Usui Mitsugu, Huy Tran Thien Tuan, Hlaing Naomi Khaing Than, Masaki Naohiko, Sata Tetsutaro, Abe Kenji
Abstract excerpt
We have isolated and cloned the full-length nucleotide sequence of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome (denoted HBV-IM806-2) recovered from a Japanese patient with chronic hepatitis. This patient had a history of travel to Bangkok, Thailand, and then suffered the onset of acute hepatitis B 3 months after his return to Japan. The HBV-IM806-2 isolate was composed of 3,215 nucleotides and showed the highest...
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