Geographic distribution of HBsAg subtypes in Brazil Distribuição geográfica dos subtipos de antígenos de HBsAg no Brasil
HBsAg positive serum samples (896) from five brazilian regions were analysed for HBsAg subtypes. The presence of five different subtypes (ayw2, ayw3, ayw4, adw2 and adw4) was detected. In Northern region subtypes adw4 (41.2%) and adw2 (37.2%) were predominant. In the North East only subtype adw2 was...
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1987-06-01
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000200013 |