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A nationwide molecular epidemiological study on hepatitis B virus in Indonesia: identification of two novel subgenotypes, B8 and C7.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2009
Mulyanto, Depamede Sulaiman Ngongu, Surayah Kiely, Tsuda Fumio, Ichiyama Koji, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Upon phylogenetic analysis of a partial S gene sequence [396 nucleotides (nt)], 928 hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains obtained from 899 viremic subjects in 28 major cities on 15 islands of Indonesia in 1989-2007 segregated into four HBV genotypes. Genotype B was predominant (66%), followed by genotype C (26%), genotype D (7%), and genotype A (0.8%). Comparative and phylogenetic analyses of the 396-nt S gene...
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