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Identification of a novel variant of hepatitis B virus isolated from patient co-infected with hepatitis C virus.
Virus research - 2 Oct 2022
Shaha Modhusudon, Majumder Sumen, Hossain Md Saddam, Jahan Munira, Rahmat Raad, Asma Ridwana, Islam Mohammad Ariful, Rahman Md Hadisur, Das Keshob Chandra, Sarker Palash Kumar, Mahtab Mamun Al, Akbar Sheikh Mohammad Fazle, Salimullah Md
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major public health concern worldwide. Co-infection of hepatitis B patients with other pathogens intensifies the severity of the disease. We report a novel variant of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Bangladesh isolated from a patient co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who exhibited liver cirrhosis. From 150 collected plasma samples, we sequenced HBV complete genome from one HBV-HCV...
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