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Molecular characterization of hepatitis A virus isolates from Nigeria.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2013
Forbi Joseph C, Esona Mathew D, Agwale Simon M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Despite the endemicity of hepatitis A virus (HAV) in Nigeria, genetic information on the HAV genotypes/subgenotypes circulating in the country remains unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate HAV strains using molecular epidemiological and genetic analyses among apparently healthy adult Nigerian subjects. METHODS: Testing for HAV-RNA was performed on 114 serum samples by the reverse...
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