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Dating the origin and dispersal of hepatitis B virus infection in humans and primates.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2013
Paraskevis Dimitrios, Magiorkinis Gkikas, Magiorkinis Emmanouil, Ho Simon Y W, Belshaw Robert, Allain Jean-Pierre, Hatzakis Angelos
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UNLABELLED: The origin of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in humans and other primates remains largely unresolved. Understanding the origin of HBV is crucial because it provides a framework for studying the burden, and subsequently the evolution, of HBV pathogenicity with respect to changes in human population size and life expectancy. To investigate this controversy we examined the relationship between HBV...
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