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Detection of Low Copy Number Integrated Viral DNA Formed by In Vitro Hepatitis B Infection
Published on: November 7, 2018
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Diez milenios de evolución del virus de la hepatitis B
Arthur Kocher1,2,3, Luka Papac2,3, Rodrigo Barquera2,3
1Transmission, Infection, Diversification and Evolution Group, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 7, 2021
Resumen
El antiguo ADN del virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) revela sus orígenes hace unos 20.000 años. Las primeras migraciones de agricultores probablemente extendieron el VHB por toda Eurasia, con un genotipo G raro que persiste hoy en día.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Paleovirología
- La genómica antigua
- Estudios de las migraciones humanas
Sus antecedentes:
- El virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) es una preocupación significativa para la salud mundial, sin embargo, su historia evolutiva y sus antiguos patrones de dispersión siguen siendo poco conocidos.
- Comprender la diversidad pasada del VHB es crucial para comprender su impacto a largo plazo en las poblaciones humanas y la salud pública.
- Los datos genómicos de restos humanos antiguos ofrecen una ventana única a la epidemiología histórica de enfermedades infecciosas como el VHB.
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