Article
[Determination of hepatitis B virus genotypes in chronic hepatitis B patients in Mersin province, Turkey].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Jul 2012
Emekdaş Gürol, Tezcan Seda, Aslan Gönül, Serin Mehmet Sami, Sezgin Orhan, Uçbilek Enver, Ulger Mahmut, Altıntaş Engin, Döğen Aylin
Abstract excerpt
Currently, ten genotypes (A-J) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) are identified based on the nucleic acid sequence heterogeneity, and these genotypes have been shown to have distinct geographic distribution. Reports of previous studies indicated that the genotype D is the predominant type among hepatitis B patients in different regions of Turkey, however there is no data for HBV genotypes to date from Mersin region. The...
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