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Complete genomic sequence and phylogenetic relatedness of hepatitis B virus isolates in Cambodia.
Virus genes - 1 Apr 2008
Huy Tran Thien Tuan, Sall Amadou Alpha, Reynes Jean Marc, Abe Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Although it is known that Cambodia is one of the high endemic area of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, molecular characterization of HBV circulating in this country has not been reported. In this study, pre-S gene of HBV from 12 Cambodian patients was sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis based on the pre-S gene sequence revealed that 8 out of 12 isolates (66.7%) belonged to HBV/C1 and remaining four (33.3%) were...
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