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Genotyping and molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus from human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals in southern Africa.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Makondo Euphodia, Bell Trevor G, Kramvis Anna
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are hyperendemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The HBV genotypes prevailing in HIV-infected Africans are unknown. Our aim was to determine the HBV genotypes in HIV-infected participants and to identify clinically significant HBV mutations. From 71 HBV DNA(+ve) HIV-infected participants, 49 basic core promoter/precore (BCP/PC) and 29 complete S regions were...
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