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Subgenotyping of genotype C hepatitis B virus: correcting misclassifications and identifying a novel subgenotype.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Shi Weifeng, Zhu Chaodong, Zheng Weimin, Zheng Wei, Ling Cheng, Carr Michael J, Higgins Desmond G, Zhang Zhong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: More than ten subgenotypes of genotype C Hepatitis B virus (HBV) have been reported, including C1 to C16 and two C/D recombinant subgenotypes (CD1 and CD2), however, inconsistent designations of these subgenotypes still exist. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We performed a phylogenetic analysis of all full-length genotype C HBV genome sequences to correct the misclassifications of HBV subgenotypes and...
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