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Dynamics of hepatitis D (delta) virus genotype 3 in the Amazon region of South America.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2011
Alvarado-Mora Mónica Viviana, Romano Camila Malta, Gomes-Gouvêa Michele Soares, Gutierrez Maria Fernanda, Carrilho Flair José, Pinho João Renato Rebello
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is widely distributed and associated with fulminant hepatitis epidemics in areas with high prevalence of HBV. Several studies performed in the 1980s showed data on HDV infection in South America, but there are no studies on the viral dynamics of this virus. The aim of this study was to conduct an evolutionary analysis of hepatitis delta genotype 3 (HDV/3) prevalent in South America:...
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