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...

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Autori principali: Magiorkinis, E, Magiorkinis, G, Paraskevis, D, Hatzakis, A
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2005