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Transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in Gambian families revealed by phylogenetic analysis

✍ Scribed by Uga Dumpis; Edward Charles Holmes; Maimuna Mendy; Adrian Hill; Mark Thursz; Andy Hall; Hilton Whittle; Peter Karayiannis

Book ID: 119526591
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 246 KB
Volume: 35
Category: Article
ISSN: 0168-8278
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(01)00064-2

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