Article
Genotypic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) among acute cases of HBV infection, selected United States counties, 1999-2005.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2011
Teshale Eyasu H, Ramachandran Sumathi, Xia Guo-Liang, Roberts Henry, Groeger Justina, Barry Vaughn, Hu Dale J, Holmberg Scott D, Holtzman Deborah, Ward John W, Teo Chong-Gee, Khudyakov Yuri
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the genotypic distribution of hepatitis B virus (HBV) facilitates epidemiologic tracking and surveillance of HBV infection as well as prediction of its disease burden. In the United States, HBV genotyping studies have been conducted for chronic but not acute hepatitis B. METHODS: Serum samples were collected from patients with acute hepatitis B cases reported from the 6 counties that...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- DNA, Viral
- Demography
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B
