## Abstract Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major causative agents of acute and chronic liver disease worldwide and is believed to be responsible for a million deaths annually. Eight genotypes of HBV, A to H, have been described on the basis of similarity of the complete genomes sequence. Alt
S1935 Genotype Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus in North-East Iranian Population
β Scribed by Rafatpanah, Houshang; Sima, hamid Reza; Valizadeh, Narges; Mahmood Zadeh, Abulfazl; Saed, Narges; Esmaeil Zadeh, Abbas
- Book ID
- 123141962
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 134
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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