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Possible New Hepatitis B Virus Genotype, Southeast Asia

2008; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 14; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1411.080437

1080-6059

Christophe M. Olinger, Prapan Jutavijittum, Judith M. Hübschen, Amnat Yousukh, Bounthome Samountry, Te Thammavong, Kan Toriyama, Claude P. Muller,

Vibrio bacteria research studies

Abstract We conducted a phylogenetic analysis of 19 hepatitis B virus strains from Laos that belonged to 2 subgenotypes of a new genotype I. This emerging new genotype likely developed outside Southeast Asia and is now found in mixed infections and in recombinations with local strains in a geographically confined region.