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Phylogenetic analysis of isolates from new cases of HBV infection in Southern Italy.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2012
Ferraro Donatella, Urone Noemi, Pizzillo Paola, Gussio Maria, Magliocco Salvatore, Cacopardo Bruno, Craxì Antonio, Di Marco Vito, Di Stefano Rosa
Abstract excerpt
The level of endemicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in Italy is low and genotype D infections predominant. New HBV strains may however be introduced as a result of movements of people from regions of high endemicity. The aim of the present study was to determine whether strains from new cases of acute hepatitis B detected in southern Italy were due to endemic or new HBV strains. We studied 34 isolates...
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