Article
[Prevalence and distribution of hepatitis B virus genotype D in Galicia (northwest of Spain): influence of age, sex and origin].
Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 1 Oct 2016
Costa J J, Rodríguez J, Alba J, Rivadulla I, Pérez-Del-Molino M L, Aguilera A
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OBJECTIVE: Phylogenetically, hepatitis B virus (HBV) is classified into genotypes and subgenotypes used for epidemiological studies. The aim of this study is to know the distribution of HBV subgenotypes D in our environment. METHODS: From 401 patients HBV surface antigen positive, HBV DNA-positive, partial HBV-DNA S gene was amplified, sequenced and analysed using geno2pheno (hbv) (Max-Planck Institute) on line...
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