Article
Unique hepatitis B virus subgenotype in a primitive tribal community in eastern India.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Ghosh Sumantra, Banerjee Priyanka, RoyChoudhury Arindam, Sarkar Sumanta, Ghosh Alip, Santra Amal, Banerjee Soma, Das Kausik, Dwibedi Bhagirathi, Kar Shantanu K, Rao Vikas Gangadhar, Bhat Jyothi T, Singh Neeru, Chowdhury Abhijit, Datta Simanti
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains isolated from members of the primitive Paharia ethnic community of Eastern India were studied to gain insight into the genetic diversity and evolution of the virus. The Paharia tribe has remained quite separate from the rest of the Indians and differs culturally, genetically, and linguistically from the mainstream East Indian population, whose HBV strains were previously...
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