Helene Norder.
Hepatitis B virus subgenotype D1 is prevalent in pakistan.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;18(11):667-8.

This is an Editorial.The analysis revealed that the Pakistani genotype D strains was grouped with subgenotype D1 strains from India. It was also shown that these strains expressed subtype ayw2. This is in accordance with previous findings showing that subgenotype D1 strains originating from Middle Asia as India, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Iran express mainly subtype ayw2. The finding in this study is the first showing the phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis B virus in Pakistan.

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