TY - JOUR
T1 - Possible new hepatitis B virus genotype, southeast Asia
AU - Olinger, Christophe M.
AU - Jutavijittum, Prapan
AU - Hübschen, Judith M.
AU - Yousukh, Amnat
AU - Samountry, Bounthome
AU - Thammavong, Te
AU - Toriyama, Kan
AU - Muller, Claude P.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=55549083871&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1411.080437
DO - 10.3201/eid1411.080437
M3 - Article
C2 - 18976569
AN - SCOPUS:55549083871
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 14
SP - 1777
EP - 1780
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 11
ER -