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Hepatitis B virus genotypes and subgenotypes in China
1 Jul 2007
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Eight Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes (A to H) have been identified based on an intergenotype divergence of 8% or more in the entire nucleotide sequence. Subgenotypes have also been identified in different HBV genotypes. As a highly endemic area for HBV infection, the prevalence of chronic HBV infection in China is between 8 and 20% of the general population. Genotypes B and C were identified as the most common...
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