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HBV subgenotype misclassification expands quasi-subgenotype A3.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Pourkarim M R, Amini-Bavil-Olyaee S, Lemey P, Maes P, Van Ranst M
Abstract excerpt
Recently, we proposed a new classification for 'subgenotype A' of hepatitis B virus (HBV), in which the novel 'quasi-subgenotype A3' group comprising HBV 'subgenotype A3', 'tentative A4', and A5 was introduced. Newly 'Tentative subgenotype A7' strains from Cameroon were introduced by Hubschen et al. However, our meticulous phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that these isolates should also be classified into...
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