Article
The population genomics of hepatitis B virus.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2007
Szmaragd Camille, Balloux François
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is considered as the fifth leading cause of death due to infectious diseases and has a worldwide prevalence. The particular geographical distribution of the eight previously defined genotypes of HBV suggests that the viral population is highly structured. The presence of such population structure is likely to affect the geographical distribution of polymorphisms involved in...
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