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HBV/D1: a major HBV subgenotype circulating in Uyghur patients with chronic HBV infection in Xinjiang, China.
Archives of virology - 1 Aug 2012
Nie Jingjing, Li Jie, Sun Kuixia, Sun Mishu, Chen Jie, Ma Junfeng, Yan Ling, Zhuang Hui
Abstract excerpt
Each hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype and subgenotype is associated with a particular geographic distribution, ethnicity, and anthropological history. The present study investigated the genomic characteristics of HBV from Uyghur patients with chronic HBV infection in Xinjiang, China. Among the 53 Uyghur patients enrolled, HBV/D was found to be the dominant strain, with 64.2 % (34/53), 60.4 % (32/53) with HBV/D1...
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