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Are hepatitis B virus "subgenotypes" defined accurately?
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2010
Pourkarim Mahmoud Reza, Amini-Bavil-Olyaee Samad, Lemey Philippe, Maes Piet, Van Ranst Marc
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently, several novel hepatitis B virus (HBV) subgenotypes have been introduced that do not meet proper definition of "subgenotypes". In particular for HBV genotype A, such novel subgenotypes have been reported. OBJECTIVE: To comprehensively reanalyse all HBV subgenotypes A, and to propose a novel, consistent alternative for HBV classification. STUDY DESIGN: All HBV full-length genome subgenotypes...
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