Distinct distribution pattern of hepatitis B virus genotype C and D in liver tissue and serum of dual genotype infected liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

The impact of co-infection of several hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes on the clinical outcome remains controversial. This study has for the first time investigated the distribution of HBV genotypes in the serum and in the intrahepatic tissue of liver cirrhotic (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HC...

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Main Authors: Somenath Datta, Shrabasti Roychoudhury, Alip Ghosh, Debanjali Dasgupta, Amit Ghosh, Bidhan Chandra Chakraborty, Sukanta Ray, Subash Gupta, Amal Kumar Santra, Simanti Datta, Kausik Das, Gopal Krishna Dhali, Abhijit Chowdhury, Soma Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4102524?pdf=render