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Molecular virology of hepatitis B virus, sub-genotype C4 in northern Australian Indigenous populations.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Apr 2014
Littlejohn M, Davies J, Yuen L, Edwards R, Sozzi T, Jackson K, Cowie B, Tong S, Davis J, Locarnini S
Abstract excerpt
Indigenous Australians experience a significant health burden from chronic hepatitis B infection; however, the strain of hepatitis B virus (HBV) found among Indigenous Australians has not been well characterized. Blood samples were collected from 65 Indigenous Australians with chronic HBV infection from across the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory. Phylogenetic analysis of HBV from these samples revealed...
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