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Hepatitis B virus genotypes and response to antiviral therapy.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2006
Enomoto Masaru, Tamori Akihiro, Nishiguchi Shuhei
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important health problem worldwide. The virus has been classified according to 8 genotypes (A-H) based on sequence divergence. Most genotypes have specific geographic distributions; genotypes A and D are prevalent in Western Europe and North America, and genotypes B and C are prevalent in East Asia and Oceania. Currently accepted treatment for chronic hepatitis B includes...
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