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Genomic characterization of HBV genotype F in Bolivia: genotype F subgenotypes correlate with geographic distribution and T(1858) variant.
Archives of virology - 1 Mar 2006
Huy T T T, Ushijima H, Sata T, Abe K
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains were classified into eight genotypes from A to H. Genotype F, an indigenous genotype in Central and South America, has been classified into subgenotypes. An in-depth phylogenetic analysis was performed using two full-length Bolivian HBV sequences and other genotype F strains from the database. A novel nomenclature of subgenotypes of genotype F was proposed, in which Bolivia strains...
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