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Tracing hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype B5 (formerly B6) evolutionary history in the circumpolar Arctic through phylogeographic modelling

BACKGROUND: Indigenous populations of the circumpolar Arctic are considered to be endemically infected (>2% prevalence) with hepatitis B virus (HBV), with subgenotype B5 (formerly B6) unique to these populations. The distinctive properties of HBV/B5, including high nucleotide diversity yet no sig...

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Autores principales: Bouckaert, Remco, Simons, Brenna C., Krarup, Henrik, Friesen, T. Max, Osiowy, Carla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28875087
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3757