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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Egyptian pediatric cancer patients with acute and chronic active HBV infection.
Virology journal - 15 Jul 2007
Zekri Abdel-Rahman N, Hafez Mohamed M, Mohamed Nahed I, Hassan Zeinab K, El-Sayed Manal H, Khaled Mohsen M, Mansour Tarek
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There are eight genotypes of hepatitis B virus (A-H) and subgenotypes are recognized. Genotyping can be accomplished based on a partial sequence of HBV genome such as the pre-S or S gene. Several methods have been developed and used for HBV genotyping. This study was undertaken to determine the HBV genotypes in Egyptian pediatric cancer patients with acute and chronic liver disease. METHODS: HBV...
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