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Secular trend of the viral genotype distribution in children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection after universal infant immunization.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Feb 2011
Wen Wan-Hsin, Chen Huey-Ling, Ni Yen-Hsuan, Hsu Hong-Yuan, Kao Jia-Horng, Hu Fu-Chang, Chang Mei-Hwei
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UNLABELLED: Genotypes B and C are the major hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Taiwan, and genotype C is associated with more severe liver disease than genotype B. Whether the implementation of the hepatitis B immunization program has affected the secular trend of the HBV genotype distribution remains unknown. We thus investigated the HBV genotypes in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-carrier children born...
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