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A novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype, D7, in Tunisian blood donors.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2009
Meldal Birgit H M, Moula Najet Mojaat, Barnes If H A, Boukef Kamel, Allain Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Tunisia is a medium-level epidemic country for hepatitis B virus (HBV). This study characterizes, for the first time, full genome HBV strains from Tunisia. Viral load quantification and phylogenetic analyses of full genome or pre-S/S sequences were performed on 196 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive plasma samples from Tunisian blood donors. The median viral load was 64.65 IU ml(-1) (range<5-7.7x10(8)...
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