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Molecular epidemiology of acute hepatitis B in the Netherlands in 2004: nationwide survey.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2007
van Houdt R, Bruisten S M, Koedijk F D H, Dukers N H T M, Op de Coul E L M, Mostert M C, Niesters H G M, Richardus J H, de Man R A, van Doornum G J J, van den Hoek J A R, Coutinho R A, van de Laar M J W, Boot H J
Abstract excerpt
To gain insight into hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission in the Netherlands, epidemiological data and sera were collected from reported cases of acute HBV infections in the Netherlands in 2004. Cases were classified according to mode of transmission. A fragment of the S-gene of HBV (648 bp) was amplified, sequenced, and subjected to phylogenetic analysis. Of the 291 acute HBV cases reported in 2004, 158 (54%)...
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