Tracing the history of hepatitis B virus
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Kojiro Michitaka; Yasuhito Tanaka; Norio Horiike; Tran Nhu Duong; Yan Chen; Kana
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The major hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in Japan are B and C. HBV genotype D (HBV/D), however, is widespread in a small area of Western Japan, where the GianottiβCrosti syndrome caused by HBV subtype __ayw__, which is suspected to be HBV/D, was endemic in the 1970s. The aim of the s