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Detection of hepatitis B virus genotypes A to D by the fluorescence polarization assay based on asymmetric PCR.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Sept 2010
Ding Li, Rui Chen, Zhansheng Jia, Xiangling Wang, Ping Liang, Zhen Yan, Yanhai Guo, Ju Zhang
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus genotypes A and D have global distributions, while the hepatitis B genotypes B and C are predominant in Asia. Individuals infected with genotype C or D have a lower response rate to therapy than individuals infected with genotype A or B. The conventional detections of hepatitis B genotypes A to D, however, have not been used routinely due to technical difficulties and high costs. A simple...
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