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Hepatitis B virus genetic diversity in Argentina: dissimilar genotype distribution in two different geographical regions; description of hepatitis B surface antigen variants.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2008
Piñeiro Y Leone Flavia G, Pezzano Silvana C, Torres Carolina, Rodríguez Claudia E, Eugenia Garay M, Fainboim Hugo A, Remondegui Carlos, Sorrentino Adrián P, Mbayed Viviana A, Campos Rodolfo H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The hepatitis B virus (HBV) molecular epidemiological data of Argentina are still scarce, since most of the previous analyses have been performed in the Metropolitan Region. OBJECTIVES: To deepen the current molecular and epidemiological information about the geographical distribution of HBV genotypes and subgenotypes, and to describe the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) variants circulating in...
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