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Analysis of the full-length genomes of novel hepatitis B virus subgenotypes C11 and C12 in Papua, Indonesia.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2011
Mulyanto, Depamede Sulaiman Ngongu, Wahyono Arif, Jirintai, Nagashima Shigeo, Takahashi Masaharu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Two novel subgenotypes (C6 and D6) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) were identified recently in Papua, a multiethnic area of Indonesia. To characterize further the HBV strains in Papua, serum samples collected from 59 viremic subjects (44 males and 15 females; mean age: 30.0 ± 15.5 years) among indigenous inhabitants in Papua, were subjected to phylogenetic analysis of an 1.6-kb partial sequence. Forty-five samples...
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