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Hepatitis B virus taxonomy and hepatitis B virus genotypes.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Jan 2007
Schaefer Stephan
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a member of the hepadnavirus family. Hepadnaviruses can be found in both mammals (orthohepadnaviruses) and birds (avihepadnaviruses). The genetic variability of HBV is very high. There are eight genotypes of HBV and three clades of HBV isolates from apes that appear to be additional genotypes of HBV. Most genotypes are now divided into subgenotypes with distinct virological and...
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