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Slave Trade and Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes and Subgenotypes in Haiti and Africa

In Haiti, >90% of the population descended from African slaves. Of 7,147 Haitian pregnant women sampled, 44% of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections were caused by genotype A1, which today is found mainly in eastern Africa. Twenty percent belong to a rare subgenotype, A5, which has been found only...

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Autores principales: Andernach, Iris E., Nolte, Claudine, Pape, Jean W., Muller, Claude P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19751583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1508.081642