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Novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype A8 and quasi-subgenotype D12 in African-Belgian chronic carriers.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Apr 2020
Thijssen Marijn, Trovão Nídia Sequeira, Mina Thomas, Maes Piet, Pourkarim Mahmoud Reza
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a public health threatening virus and is classified into more than eight genotypes and more than forty subgenotypes. OBJECTIVES: To characterize and propose novel strains assigned as A8 and D12. METHODS: Four out of 133 HBV complete genome sequences, isolated from Belgian chronic carriers with African origin were phylogenetically analyzed. RESULTS: Phylogenetic analyses of...
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