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Identification of novel recombinants of hepatitis B virus genotypes F and G in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients from Argentina and Brazil.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 2013
Araujo Natalia M, Araujo Oscar C, Silva Edinete M, Villela-Nogueira Cristiane A, Nabuco Letícia C, Parana Raymundo, Bessone Fernando, Gomes Selma A, Trepo Christian, Kay Alan
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype G (HBV/G) infection is almost always detected along with a co-infecting HBV strain that can supply HBeAg, typically HBV/A2. In this study we describe, in two human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients from Argentina and Brazil, the first report of HBV/G infection in Argentina and co-circulation of HBV/G, HBV/F and G/F recombinants in the American continent. HBV isolates...
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