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A description of the hepatitis B virus genomic background in a high-prevalence area in China.
Virology journal - 31 May 2014
Chen Xiaoming, Gao Jie, Ji Zhaohua, Zhang Weilu, Zhang Lei, Xu Rui, Zhang Jingxia, Li Fei, Li Shi, Hu Shijie, Shang Lei, Shao ZhongJun, Yan Yongping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B (HB) is an important disease worldwide. Almost 350 million people are positive for Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg), and one-third of them live in China. According to a nation-wide serosurvey in China in 2006, the prevalence of HBsAg was higher in Northwest China than in other areas. However, the epidemic HBV strains in this area are poorly studied. RESULTS: In this study, 242...
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