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Hepatitis B virus genetic variants: biological properties and clinical implications

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes a chronic infection in 350 million people worldwide and greatly increases the risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The majority of chronic HBV carriers live in Asia. HBV can be divided into eight genotypes with unique geographic distributions. Mutation...

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Autores principales: Tong, Shuping, Li, Jisu, Wands, Jack R, Wen, Yu-mei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26038454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2013.10