Novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype A8 and quasi-subgenotype D12 in African–Belgian chronic carriers

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a public health threatening virus and is classified into more than eight genotypes and more than forty subgenotypes. Objectives: To characterize and propose novel strains assigned as A8 and D12. Methods: Four out of 133 HBV complete genome sequences, isolated f...

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Main Authors: Marijn Thijssen, Nídia Sequeira Trovão, Thomas Mina, Piet Maes, Mahmoud Reza Pourkarim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300515