## Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly endemic throughout sub‐Saharan Africa. One of the two genotypes A and E dominates in most countries. With several subgenotypes and variants, genotype A is more diverse in Africa (4.00%) than in the rest of the world (2.96%), suggesting an African origin
Hepatitis B virus genotype E variability in Africa
✍ Scribed by Judith M. Hübschen; Iris E. Andernach; Claude P. Muller
- Book ID
- 116631479
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 922 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6532
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