Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus genotypes in blood donors in Islamabad, Pakistan

Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus genotypes in blood donors in Islamabad, Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major causative agent of early, severe and prolonged liver infection that subsequently leads to cirrhosis of liver and hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate the molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and comparis...

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Main Authors: Iram Masood, Usman Waheed, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Saeed, Ahmad Farooq, Sadaf Moneeba, Nosheen Basharat, Hasan Abbas Zaheer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
genotypes
hepatitis b virus
islamabad central territory
molecular epidemiology
treatment
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/JLP.JLP_150_18

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