Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 93-96 , January 2010

Novel hepatitis B virus subgenotype A6 in African-Belgian patients

  • Mahmoud Reza Pourkarim

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Research Center, Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, (IBTO), Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Philippe Lemey

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Evolutionary Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Samad Amini-Bavil-Olyaee

      Affiliations

    • Biotechnology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 13164 Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Piet Maes

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Marc Van Ranst

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Tel.: +32 16 347908; fax: +32 16 332131.

Received 21 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00480-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.032

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 93-96 , January 2010

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