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Possible new hepatitis B virus genotype, southeast Asia.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2008
Olinger Christophe M, Jutavijittum Prapan, Hübschen Judith M, Yousukh Amnat, Samountry Bounthome, Thammavong Te, Toriyama Kan, Muller Claude P
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of 19 hepatitis B virus strains from Laos that belonged to 2 subgenotypes of a new genotype I. This emerging new genotype likely developed outside Southeast Asia and is now found in mixed infections and in recombinations with local strains in a geographically...
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