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Hepatitis B virus in Buenos Aires, Argentina: genotypes, virological characteristics and clinical outcomes.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2011
Pezzano S C, Torres C, Fainboim H A, Bouzas M B, Schroder T, Giuliano S F, Paz S, Alvarez E, Campos R H, Mbayed V A
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is classified into eight major genotypes, A-H, which are geographically distributed worldwide. The aim of this work was to describe the clinical characteristics associated with the HBV genotypes circulating in Buenos Aires city. The study included 139 patients infected with HBV, whose clinical courses were classified as acute symptomatic self-limiting hepatitis, inactive carrier state and...
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