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Identification of four novel subgenotypes (C13-C16) and two inter-genotypic recombinants (C12/G and C13/B3) of hepatitis B virus in Papua province, Indonesia.
Virus research - 1 Jan 2012
Mulyanto, Pancawardani Pingki, Depamede Sulaiman Ngongu, Wahyono Arif, Jirintai Suljid, Nagashima Shigeo, Takahashi Masaharu, Nishizawa Tsutomu, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
Four novel subgenotypes (C6, C11, C12, and D6) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) were identified in Papua, a multiethnic province of Indonesia. To characterize the HBV strains in Papua, serum samples collected from 515 indigenous inhabitants (mean age: 26.6±9.6 years) in a previously unexamined area, Nabire, located in northern Papua, were used in the present study. Among 46 samples whose 1.6-kilobase (kb) HBV DNA...
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