Molecular epidemiology and variation of hepatitis B in recent immigrant families to Australia.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199809)56:1<10::aid-jmv3>3.0.co;2-q

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Molecular epidemiology and variation of hepatitis B in recent immigrant families to Australia.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 1998

McIntosh E D, Givney R, Zhang S S, Couroucé A M, Burgess M, Cossart Y E

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Natural variation in hepatitis B virus (HBV) was studied in asymptomatic carriers originating from countries of high endemicity. HBV DNA was detected by dot blot and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 34 of the 184 members of 22 new immigrant families who agreed to be tested after one of their...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Australia
Child
DNA, Viral
Emigration and Immigration
Genetic Variation
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B Antigens
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Hepatitis B virus
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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