Article
Distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes among patients with chronic infection.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Aug 2006
Ribeiro Nadia Regina Caldas, Campos Gubio Soares, Angelo Ana Luiza Dias, Braga Eduardo Lorens, Santana Nelma, Gomes Michele Mesquita Soares, Pinho Joao Renato Rebello, De Carvalho Wilson Andrade, Lyra Luiz Guilherme Costa, Lyra Andre Castro
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be classified into at least eight genotypes, A-H. We evaluated the distribution HBV genotypes among patients with chronic infection. METHODS: We consecutively evaluated adult patients with chronic HBV infection from Salvador, Brazil. Patients were classified according to HBV infection chronic phases based on HBV-DNA levels and presence of serum HBV markers. HBV-DNA was...
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