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Published on: November 7, 2018
Hepatitis B virus genotypes identified by a Line Probe Assay (LiPA) among chronic carriers from Spain
José María Echevarría1, Pilar León
1Servicio de Microbiología Diagnóstica, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. jmecheva@isciii.es
Abstract:
Genotypes A and D of the hepatitis B virus were found to be prevalent among 278 chronic carriers residing in Spain, and genotypes B, C, E and F were detected with significant frequency (9%). Two genotype E infections corresponded to carriers born in Spain who had never traveled to Africa. These results indicate that genotype E is beginning to circulate in the Spanish population in the same way that genotype F did in the past.
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