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Hepatitis B virus genotypes among the Jarawas: a primitive Negrito tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Archives of virology - 1 Aug 2006

Murhekar M V, Chakravarty R, Murhekar K M, Banerjee A, Sehgal S C

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The Jarawas, a classical hunter-gatherer tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, were living in isolation for several centuries. They came into contact with the civilized world recently. Serological studies carried out among them revealed that hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is hyper-endemic. The present study was carried out to investigate the possible origin of HBV infection in Jarawas. Genotyping, RFLP...

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PMID: 16514497
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0737-8

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