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Novel quasi-subgenotype D2 of hepatitis B virus identified in Taiwanese aborigines.
Virus genes - 1 Aug 2014
Tran Huy, Yu Ming-Lung, Dai Chia-Yen, Lin I-Ling, Yeh Ming-Lun, Chuang Wan-Long, Abe Kenji
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes in Taiwanese aborigines, whose ancestors have lived in Taiwan for over 10,000 years, have not been characterized. In order to characterize of HBV in this special population, serum samples were obtained from serologically HBsAg-positive 27 Taiwanese aborigines. The pre-S1/S2 region and the full-length 3.2 kb of the HBV genome were amplified by PCR. Obtained amplicons were...
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