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Supragenotypic groups of the hepatitis B virus genome.
The Journal of general virology - 1 May 2008
Purdy Michael A, Gonzales Aileen C, Dimitrova Zoya, Khudyakov Yury
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic relationships among hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes were investigated using different regions across the genome. The phylogenetic analysis in conjunction with graphical examination of phylogenetic distance matrices and distance frequency distribution plotting suggest the clustering of HBV genotypes into three higher-order hierarchical groups: group I, comprising genotypes A-E and G; group II,...
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