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Five subgenotypes of hepatitis B virus genotype B with distinct geographic and virological characteristics.
Virus research - 1 Nov 2007
Liu Wen-Chun, Phiet Pham Hoang, Chiang Tzen-Yuh, Sun Koun-Tem, Hung Kuo-Hsiang, Young Kung-Chia, Wu I-Chin, Cheng Pin-Nan, Chang Ting-Tsung
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Several hepatitis B virus (HBV) subgenotypes, HBV/A1, A2, Bj and Ba, have been reported with respect to clinical differences among patients infected with these subgenotypes. The population genetics and phylogeography of HBV were investigated based on the complete genome sequences of 484 isolates with 108 from our chronic hepatitis B patients and the remaining from the GenBank database. Besides genotypes A-H...
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