Novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype A6 in African-Belgian patients
β Scribed by Mahmoud Reza Pourkarim; Philippe Lemey; Samad Amini-Bavil-Olyaee; Piet Maes; Marc Van Ranst
- Book ID
- 116631741
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 476 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-6532
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