Possible New Hepatitis B Virus Genotype, Southeast Asia

Olinger, Christophe M.; Jutavijittum, Prapan; Hübschen, Judith M.; Yousukh, Amnat; Samountry, Bounthome; Thammavong, Te; Toriyama, Kan; Muller, Claude P.

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Possible New Hepatitis B Virus Genotype, Southeast Asia

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Nov 2008
By Olinger, Christophe M. ; Jutavijittum, Prapan ; Hübschen, Judith M. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Olinger, Christophe M. ; Jutavijittum, Prapan ; Hübschen, Judith M. ; Yousukh, Amnat ; Samountry, Bounthome ; Thammavong, Te ; Toriyama, Kan ; Muller, Claude P.
Description:

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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Base Sequence Blood Donors Dispatch Genome, Viral Genotype Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Virus Humans Laos Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Recombination
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(11):1777-1780
Pubmed ID:

18976569
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC2630741
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Journal Article
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14
Issue:

11
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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