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Molecular Evolution and Phylodynamics of Acute Hepatitis B Virus in Japan.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Lin Serena Y C, Toyoda Hidenori, Kumada Takashi, Liu Hsin-Fu
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is prevalent worldwide and causes liver diseases, including acute and chronic hepatitis. Ten HBV genotypes (A-J) with distinct geographic distributions have been reported. Cases of acute HBV infection with genotype A have increased in Japan nationwide since the 1990s, mainly through sexual transmission. To investigate the molecular evolution and phylodynamics of HBV genotypes, we collected...
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