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Hepatitis B virus genotype D predominates HBsAg-positive egyptian blood donors and is mainly associated with a negative HBeAg serostatus.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2013
Habil Fe E, Mahdi W K M, Abdelwahab S F, Abdel-Hamid M
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OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global health burden. In this regard, Egypt has an intermediate HBV seroprevalence. HBV is classified into ten different genotypes (A-J) with different geographic distributions. Genotype D is the most prevalent in the Middle East. Limited data are available about HBV genotyping among Egyptian blood donors, particularly in Upper Egypt. We examined the...
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