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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |