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Subgenotype A1 of HBV--tracing human migrations in and out of Africa.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2013
Kramvis Anna, Paraskevis Dimitrios
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BACKGROUND: HBV subgenotype A1 is the dominant genotype A strain in Africa, with molecular characteristics differentiating it from A2, which prevails elsewhere. Outside Africa, A1 is confined to areas with migration history from Africa, including India and Latin America. The aim of this study was to reconstruct A1 phylogeny on a spatial scale in order to determine whether A1 can be used to track human migrations....
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