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Possible origins and evolution of the hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Seminars in cancer biology - 1 Dec 2013
Locarnini Stephen, Littlejohn Margaret, Aziz Muhammad Nazri, Yuen Lilly
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All members of the family Hepadnaviridae are primarily viruses which contain double-stranded DNA genomes that are replicated via reverse transcription of a pregenomic RNA template. There are two subgroups within this family: mammalian and avian. The avian member's include the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV), heron hepatitis B virus, Ross goose hepatitis B virus, stork hepatitis B virus and the recently identified...
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