Article
Theories about evolutionary origins of human hepatitis B virus in primates and humans.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Souza Breno Frederico de Carvalho Dominguez, Drexler Jan Felix, Lima Renato Santos de, Rosário Mila de Oliveira Hughes Veiga do, Netto Eduardo Martins
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The human hepatitis B virus causes acute and chronic hepatitis and is considered one of the most serious human health issues by the World Health Organization, causing thousands of deaths per year. There are similar viruses belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family that infect non-human primates and other mammals as well as some birds. The majority of non-human primate virus isolates were...
Topics
- Animals
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Primates