The genotypes and subtypes of 15 Mexican hepatitis B virus strains were determined by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the small S-gene. The most predominant strains were found to be divergent genotype/subtype F/adw4 strains (66.6%), followed by A/adw2 (20.0%), D/ayw3 (6.7%), and G/adw2 (6.7%
Sequence analysis of pre-S/S gene of hepatitis B virus strains of genotypes A, D, and F isolated in Brazil
β Scribed by M. T. B. Moraes; S. A. Gomes; C. Niel
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 588 KB
- Volume
- 141
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-8798
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