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Phylogeny and molecular genetic parameters of different stages of hepatitis B virus infection in patients from the Brazilian Amazon.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2008
de Oliveira Cíntia Mara, Farias Izeni Pires, Ferraz da Fonseca José Carlos, Brasil Leila Melo, de Souza Rita, Astolfi-Filho Spartaco
Abstract excerpt
A fragment of 600 bp of the gene which codes for the surface antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBV) was amplified and sequenced from patients who were born in five states of the Brazilian Amazon (Amazonas, Pará, Acre, Rondônia and Tocantins). A total of 44 sequences were used for the estimation of mo...
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