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Novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype in the southern Yunnan Province of China.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2009
Shen Tao, Gao Jian-mei, Zou Yun-Lian, Dong Hong, Yan Xin-Min
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly prevalent in China. To identify the genotypes of HBV in the southern Yunnan Province of China, full-length HBV genomes were extracted from 1 Dai and 4 Hani HBV carriers and linked with the pMD T-18 vector. For each patient, 3-10 clones were sequenced directly and a consensus sequence was created. Genotypic and serotypic analysis revealed 4 HBV/B (2 B2 with adw2 and 2...
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