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Molecular epidemiological study of hepatitis B virus genotypes in Southwest, China.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2014
Shen Liping, Yin Wenjiao, Zheng Hui, Cui Fuqiang, Zhang Shuang, Wang Fuzhen, Wang Feng, Zhang Yong, Liang Xiaofeng, Bi Shengli
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly endemic in Southwest China; an area with many ethnic minorities. Information about the genetic distribution of HBV is still limited. In 2010, a multistage cluster sampling method was carried out in the Southwest China. Five hundred forty serum samples of participants were collected. Polymerase chain reaction followed by nucleotide sequencing of parts of the HBV S and C genes was...
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