## Abstract The hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes distribution and the core promoter (CP)/precore (PC) variability were evaluated by a line probe assay in 272 patients infected chronically enrolled consecutively in an area of the NorthβEastern Italy. Seven out of the eight genotypes were detected.
Hepatitis B virus genotypes and core promoter variant
β Scribed by Jia-Horng Kao; Ding-Shinn Chen
- Book ID
- 119757554
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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