Possible New Hepatitis B Virus Genotype, Southeast Asia

Autor: Christophe M. Olinger, Prapan Jutavijittum, Judith M. Hübschen, Amnat Yousukh, Bounthome Samountry, Te Thammavong, Kan Toriyama, Claude P. Muller
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 11, Pp 1777-1780 (2008)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080437
Popis: We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of 19 hepatitis B virus strains from Laos that belonged to 2 subgenotypes of a new genotype I. This emerging new genotype likely developed outside Southeast Asia and is now found in mixed infections and in recombinations with local strains in a geographically confined region.
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