TY - JOUR AU - Cornelissen, Marion AU - Zorgdrager, Fokla AU - Bruisten, Sylvia M. AU - Bakker, Margreet AU - Berkhout, Ben AU - van der Kuyl, Antoinette C. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/10 TI - Widespread hepatitis B virus genotype G (HBV-G) infection during the early years of the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands among men who have sex with men JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 268 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants belong to different genotypes, A-J, whose worldwide distribution is linked with geography, probably because viral spread was associated with ancient human migrations. HBV genotype G (HBV-G) is an aberrant genotype with little sequence divergence, suggesting a recent origin. HBV-G is strongly associated with certain risk groups such as intravenous drug users (IDUs) and men who have sex with men (MSM), but hardly with geography. The origin and epidemiology of HBV-G remain unresolved, as is the disease association. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1599-7 DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1599-7 ID - Cornelissen2016 ER -