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Prevalence of HBV genotypes among Egyptian hepatitis patients.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Oct 2011
Khaled Iman A El Aziz, Mahmoud Ola M, Saleh Abeya F, Bioumie Emad E
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analysis has led to the classification of hepatitis B virus into eight genotypes, designated A to H. The genotypes have differences in biological properties and show heterogeneity in their global distribution. These attributes of the genotypes may account not only for differences in the prevalence of hepatitis B virus mutants in various geographic regions, but also makes them responsible for...
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