Study of hepatitis B virus quasispecies by ultra-deep pyrosequencing: Resolving the nitty-gritty

Francisco Rodriguez-Frias, Francisco-Rodriguez Frias1, David Tabernero

  • 1Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Biochemistry Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (HUVH), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.

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