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Recent population expansions of hepatitis B virus in the United States.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2014
Ramachandran Sumathi, Purdy Michael A, Xia Guo-liang, Campo David S, Dimitrova Zoya E, Teshale Eyasu H, Teo Chong Gee, Khudyakov Yury E
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The recent epidemic history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in the United States is complex, as indicated by current disparity in HBV genotype distribution between acute and chronic hepatitis B cases and the rapid decline in hepatitis B incidence since the 1990s. We report temporal changes in the genetic composition of the HBV population using whole-genome sequences (n = 179) from acute...
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