Molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B virus in genotype E-infected subjects.

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Published in J Gen Virol on February 01, 2008

Authors

Astrid Zahn1, Chengyao Li, Kwabena Danso, Daniel Candotti, Shirley Owusu-Ofori, Jillian Temple, Jean-Pierre Allain

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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