Re-analysis of a human hepatitis B virus (HBV) isolate from an East African wild born Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii: evidence for interspecies recombination between HBV infecting chimpanzee and human.
According to current estimates, hepatitis B virus (HBV) has infected 2 billion people worldwide and among them, 360 million suffer from chronic HBV infection. Except humans, HBV or HBV-like viruses have also been isolated from different species of apes and mammals. Although recombination has been de...
Main Authors: | Magiorkinis, E, Magiorkinis, G, Paraskevis, D, Hatzakis, A |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2005
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