Open AccessDistribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Turkey
Author(s) -
Mustafa Sünbül,
Hakan Leblebicioğlu
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i13.1976
Subject(s) - medicine , genotype , hbsag , hepatitis b virus , hbeag , genotyping , gastroenterology , hepatitis b , virology , immunology , virus , biology , gene , biochemistry
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains isolated worldwide has been classified into eight genomic groups deduced from genome comparisons and designated as genotypes A to H. We aimed to investigate prevalence of HBV genotypes and subtypes in Turkey.