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Full genome characterization of hepatitis B virus strains from blood donors in Iran.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2011
Garmiri Penelope, Rezvan Houri, Abolghasemi Hassan, Allain Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Iran is a low to medium endemic country for hepatitis B virus (HBV), depending on the region, where genotype D is dominant. Samples from 170 asymptomatic HBsAg-positive blood donors were quantified and the median viral load was 6.7 × 10(2) IU/ml with 10.6% samples unquantifiable. Fifty complete genome sequences of these strains were characterized. Phylogenetic analysis identified 98% strains as subgenotype D1...
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