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Molecular epidemiological study of hepatitis B virus in blood donors from five Chinese blood centers.
Archives of virology - 1 Sept 2012
Liu Yu, Wang Jingxing, Huang Yi, Yang Tonghan, Guo Xiaoming, Li Julin, Wen Guoxin, Yun Zhongqiao, Zeng Peibin, He Miao, Xu Min, Liu Gui, Ke Ling, Wright David, Liu Jing, Nelson Kenrad, Shan Hua
Abstract excerpt
Although the genetic variability of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HBV-infected patients has been extensively studied, reports on genotypes, subtypes and mutations in the S region of HBV strains from Chinese blood donors are limited. In this study, 245 blood samples from HBsAg-positive blood donors were collected from five geographically diverse blood centers in China. The S region of HBV was amplified, and the HBV...
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