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  1. Human papillomavirus (HPV) currently represents an important risk factor for cancer development and infertility in humans. Whilst binding of HPV to spermatozoa has been associated with male infertility, an inv...

    Authors: Carlo Foresta, Alessandro Bertoldo, Andrea Garolla, Damiano Pizzol, Silvia Mason, Andrea Lenzi and Luca De Toni
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:593
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  2. Realization of the public health benefits of mass drug administration (MDA) for the control of schistosomiasis depends on achieving and maintaining high annual treatment coverage. In Uganda, the uptake of prev...

    Authors: Simon Muhumuza, Anne Katahoire, Fred Nuwaha and Annette Olsen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:590
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  4. Severe sepsis is a common cause for admission to the general medical ward. Previous work has demonstrated substantial new long-term disability in patients with severe sepsis, but the short-term functional outc...

    Authors: Andrew J Odden, Jeffrey M Rohde, Catherine Bonham, Latoya Kuhn, Preeti N Malani, Lena M Chen, Scott A Flanders and Theodore J Iwashyna
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:588
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  5. Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is endemic in Latin America. Thirty percent of infected individuals develop chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), an inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy th...

    Authors: Amanda Farage Frade, Cristina Wide Pissetti, Barbara Maria Ianni, Bruno Saba, Hui Tzu Lin-Wang, Luciana Gabriel Nogueira, Ariana de Melo Borges, Paula Buck, Fabrício Dias, Monique Baron, Ludmila Rodrigues Pinto Ferreira, Andre Schmidt, José Antonio Marin-Neto, Mario Hirata, Marcelo Sampaio, Abílio Fragata…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:587
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  6. The herpes zoster burden of disease in Sweden is not well investigated. There is no Swedish immunization program to prevent varicella zoster virus infections. A vaccine against herpes zoster and its complicati...

    Authors: Marie Studahl, Max Petzold and Tobias Cassel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:586
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  7. Medical textbooks often list Legionnaires’ disease as a differential diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) (SIADH), but evidence supporting this association is lar...

    Authors: Philipp Schuetz, Sebastian Haubitz, Mirjam Christ-Crain, Werner C Albrich, Werner Zimmerli and Beat Mueller
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:585
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  8. This study aimed to explore the in vitro antibacterial activity of the bioglass BAG S53P4 against multi-resistant microorganisms commonly involved in osteomyelitis and to evaluate its use in surgical adjunctiv...

    Authors: Lorenzo Drago, Delia Romanò, Elena De Vecchi, Christian Vassena, Nicola Logoluso, Roberto Mattina and Carlo Luca Romanò
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:584
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  9. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of vancomycin and daptomycin MICs among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood isolates, the prevalence of heterogeneous vancomycin-interm...

    Authors: Banu Sancak, Server Yagci, Deniz Gür, Zeynep Gülay, Dilara Ogunc, Güner Söyletir, Ata Nevzat Yalcin, Devrim Öztürk Dündar, Ayşe Willke Topçu, Filiz Aksit, Gaye Usluer, Cüneyt Özakin, Halis Akalin, Mutlu Hayran and Volkan Korten
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:583
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  10. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common opportunistic infection following lung transplantation. CMV replication in the lung allograft is described as accelerating the development of bronchiolitis obliterans s...

    Authors: Inger Johansson, Gunnar Mårtensson, Ulla Nyström, Salmir Nasic and Rune Andersson
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:582
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  11. Despite the importance of invasive Staphylococcus aureus (ISA) infection, its overall burden in non-selected populations has only been defined in a small number of studies in Europe and North America. To define t...

    Authors: Kyoung-Ho Song, Eu Suk Kim, Hye-yun Sin, Kyung-Hwa Park, Sook-In Jung, Nara Yoon, Dong-Min Kim, Chang Seop Lee, Hee-Chang Jang, Yoonseon Park, Kkot Sil Lee, Yee Gyung Kwak, Jae Hoon Lee, Seong Yeon Park, Minkyo Song, Sue K Park…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:581
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  12. Only limited data are available relating to the etiology of diarrhea in children and adults in Senegal. The aim of this prospective study was to describe the epidemiology and etiology of community-acquired dia...

    Authors: Bissoume Sambe-Ba, Emmanuelle Espié, Mamadou Elimane Faye, Lassina Gadi Timbiné, Mbacké Sembene and Amy Gassama-Sow
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:580
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  13. Whipple’s disease is a rare, multisystemic, chronic infectious disease which classically presents as a wasting illness characterized by polyarthralgia, diarrhea, fever, and lymphadenopathy. Pleuropericardial i...

    Authors: George Stojan, Michael T Melia, Sandeep J Khandhar, Peter Illei and Alan N Baer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:579
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. Percutaneous drainage (PCD) and surgical intervention are two primary treatment options for iliopsoas abscess (IPA). However, there is currently no consensus on when to use PCD or surgical intervention, especi...

    Authors: Ming-Shun Hsieh, Shih-Che Huang, El-Wui Loh, Che-An Tsai, Ying-Ying Hung, Yu-Tse Tsan, Jin-An Huang, Lee-Min Wang and Sung-Yuan Hu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:578
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  15. Osteoporosis and bone fractures seem to be higher in HIV-infected Patients compared to the general populations. Moreover, bone turnover markers are increased in patients on antiretroviral therapy and vitamin D...

    Authors: Rein Jan Piso, Madeleine Rothen, Jean Pierre Rothen, Matthias Stahl and Christoph Fux
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:577
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  16. The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the African ‘meningitis belt’ changes periodically. In order to design an effective vaccination strategy, we have examined the epidemiological and microbiological pa...

    Authors: Jean-Marc Collard, Bassira Issaka, Maman Zaneidou, Stéphane Hugonnet, Pierre Nicolas, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Brian Greenwood and Jean-François Jusot
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:576
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  17. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection. In Italy, HPV vaccination is now offered free of charge to 12-year-old females. However, some regional health authorities have exte...

    Authors: Donatella Panatto, Daniela Amicizia, Elisabetta Tanzi, Silvia Bianchi, Elena Rosanna Frati, Carla Maria Zotti, Piero Luigi Lai, Angela Bechini, Stefania Rossi and Roberto Gasparini
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:575
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  18. Pyomyoma is a life-threatening complication of uterine leiomyoma. It may occur in post- menopausal women, during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. Fever may be the only manifestation during the early sta...

    Authors: Cosmo Del Borgo, Francesco Maneschi, Valeria Belvisi, Francesca Morelli, Angelo Vetica, Raffaella Marocco, Tiziana Tieghi, Miriam Lichtner and Claudio M Mastroianni
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:574
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  19. Data exploring the potential use of effector molecules produced by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in the immunodiagnostics of tuberculosis (TB) are scarce. The present study focused a) to gain an insight into the...

    Authors: Laura E Savolainen, Pekka Koskivirta, Anu Kantele, Heikki Valleala, Liana Pusa, Riitta Tuompo, Benita Westerlund-Wikström and Tamara Tuuminen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:573
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  20. Nasal colonization with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) has been described as a risk factor for subsequent systemic infection. In this study, we evaluated the genetic profile of CoNS isolates colonizing ...

    Authors: Yves Mauro Ternes, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Maria Cláudia Porfirio André, Vicente Porfírio Pessoa Jr., Maria Aparecida da Silva Vieira, Ruth Minamisava, Ana Lúcia Andrade and André Kipnis
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:572
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  21. The Philippines has an extremely high rate of tuberculosis but little is known about M. tuberculosis genotypes and transmission dynamics in this country. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of h...

    Authors: Irene G Sia, Seanne P Buckwalter, Kelly A Doerr, Sonia Lugos, Rebecca Kramer, Ruth Orillaza-Chi, Maria Imelda Quelapio, Thelma E Tupasi and Nancy L Wengenack
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:571
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  22. The spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains with mosaic penA alleles and reduced susceptibility to extended-spectrum cephalosporins is a major public health problem. While much work has been performed internation...

    Authors: Severin Gose, Duylinh Nguyen, Daniella Lowenberg, Michael Samuel, Heidi Bauer and Mark Pandori
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:570
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  23. New Zealand has a higher incidence of Staphylococcus aureus disease than other developed countries, with significant sociodemographic variation in incidence rates. In contrast to North America, the majority of di...

    Authors: Deborah A Williamson, Alwin Lim, Mark G Thomas, Michael G Baker, Sally A Roberts, John D Fraser and Stephen R Ritchie
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:569
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  24. The identification of epitopes in proteins recognized by medically relevant antibodies is useful for the development of peptide-based diagnostics and vaccines. In this study, epitopes in the cytoplasmic repeti...

    Authors: Carolina G Bottino, Luciano P Gomes, José B Pereira, José R Coura, David William Provance Jr and Salvatore G De-Simone
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:568
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  25. Kadoma City experienced an increase in watery diarrhoea from 27 cases during week beginning 5th September, to 107 cases during week beginning 26th September 2011. The weekly diarrhoea cases crossed the threshold ...

    Authors: Brian A Maponga, Daniel Chirundu, Notion T Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Gerald Shambira and Lucia Takundwa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:567
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  26. Mobile phone text messaging (SMS) has the potential to promote adherence to tuberculosis treatment. This systematic review aims to synthesize current evidence on the effectiveness of SMS interventions in impro...

    Authors: Mweete D Nglazi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Robin Wood, Gregory D Hussey and Charles S Wiysonge
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:566
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  27. Informed by recent studies demonstrating the central role of plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load (VL) on HIV transmission, interventions to employ HIV antiretroviral treatment as prevention (TasP) are underway. To opt...

    Authors: M-J Milloy, Thomas Kerr, Kate Salters, Hasina Samji, Silvia Guillemi, Julio Montaner and Evan Wood
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:565
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  28. HPV persistence is a key determinant of cervical carcinogenesis. The influence of postpartum on HPV clearance has been debated. This study aimed to assess HPV clearance in later pregnancy and postpartum among ...

    Authors: Emilia Moreira Jalil, Francisco Inacio Bastos, Patricia Pereira dos Santos Melli, Geraldo Duarte, Renata Toscano Simoes, Aparecida Yulie Yamamoto, Rodrigo Augustus Amaral de Morais and Silvana Maria Quintana
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:564
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  29. Infections are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The evidence for efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in reducing the mortality rates and the incidence of ...

    Authors: Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Ilaria Motta, Ernesta Audisio, Chiara Frairia, Alessandro Busca, Giovanni Di Perri and Filippo Marmont
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:563
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  30. The Quebec central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in intensive care units (ICUs) Surveillance Program saw a decrease in CLABSI rates in most ICUs. Given the surveillance trends observed in rec...

    Authors: Milagros Gonzales, Isabelle Rocher, Élise Fortin, Patricia Fontela, Mohammed Kaouache, Claude Tremblay, Charles Frenette and Caroline Quach
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:562
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  31. Acceptance of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) as an entity and the associated risk of infection by potentially multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...

    Authors: Andrew A Quartin, Ernesto G Scerpella, Sailaja Puttagunta and Daniel H Kett
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:561
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  32. Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are associated with considerable expense and mortality on healthcare systems. There is a need to provide evidence of both clinical efficacy and value for money with any health ...

    Authors: Stuart J Turner, Esin Senol, Ates Kara, Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Ener C Dinleyici and David CM Kong
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:560
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  33. Pneumonia has traditionally been classified into two subtypes: community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and nosocomial pneumonia (NP). Recently, a new entity has been defined, called healthcare-associated pneumonia ...

    Authors: Silvia Cascini, Nera Agabiti, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Luigi Pinnarelli, Flavia Mayer, Massimo Arcà, Danilo Fusco and Marina Davoli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:559
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  34. This study aimed to elucidate the phenotypic, immunologic, and clinical characteristics of Korean patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease and compare them with non-NTM bronchiectasis (BE)...

    Authors: Ae-Ra Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Sun-Mi Choi, Moon-Woo Seong, Sung A Kim, Myoungsil Kim, Kyung Ok Chae, Ji Sun Lee and Jae-Joon Yim
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:558
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  35. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that periodontitis is a major risk factor for renal failure and cerebral infarction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association among periodontitis, renal fail...

    Authors: Minoru Murakami, Jun-ichi Suzuki, Satoshi Yamazaki, Masaya Ikezoe, Rintaro Matsushima, Norihiko Ashigaki, Norio Aoyama, Naho Kobayashi, Kouji Wakayama, Hiroshi Akazawa, Issei Komuro, Yuichi Izumi and Mitsuaki Isobe
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:557
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  36. The common cold and other viral airway infections are highly prevalent in the population, and their treatment often requires the use of medications for symptomatic relief. Paracetamol is as an analgesic and an...

    Authors: Paulo Dornelles Picon, Marisa Boff Costa, Rafael da Veiga Picon, Lucia Costa Cabral Fendt, Maurício Leichter Suksteris, Indara Carmanim Saccilotto, Alicia Dorneles Dornelles and Luis Felipe Carissimi Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:556
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  37. There are increasing studies examining the relationship between the status of H. pylori oipA gene and peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and gastric cancer (GC) but the results turn out to be controversial. We attempted ...

    Authors: Jingwei Liu, Caiyun He, Moye Chen, Zhenning Wang, Chengzhong Xing and Yuan Yuan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:555
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  38. Next generation sequencing (NGS) is being increasingly used for the detection and characterization of pathogens during outbreaks. This technology allows rapid sequencing of pathogen full genomes, useful not on...

    Authors: Enrico Lavezzo, Stefano Toppo, Elisa Franchin, Barbara Di Camillo, Francesca Finotello, Marco Falda, Riccardo Manganelli, Giorgio Palù and Luisa Barzon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:554
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  40. Because some Toxoplasma gondii genotypes may be more virulent in pregnant women, discriminating between them appears valuable. Currently, the main genotyping method is based on single copy microsatellite markers,...

    Authors: Jean-Marc Costa, Alexandre Alanio, Sandrine Moukoury, Vincent Clairet, Monique Debruyne, Jean-Dominique Poveda and Stéphane Bretagne
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:552
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  41. Recommendations for diphtheria immunization are to apply an effective primary immunization in infancy and to maintain immunity throughout life. Immunity against diphtheria depends primarily on antibody to the ...

    Authors: Aleksandra A Zasada, Waldemar Rastawicki, Natalia Rokosz and Marek Jagielski
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:551
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  42. HIV disproportionately affects African-Caribbean women in Canada but the frequency and distribution of sexually transmitted infections in this community have not been previously studied.

    Authors: Robert S Remis, Juan Liu, Mona Loutfy, Wangari Tharao, Anuradha Rebbapragada, Stephen J Perusini, Lisungu Chieza, Megan Saunders, LoriAnn Green-Walker and Rupert Kaul
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:550
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  43. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a hidden but emerging population susceptible to HIV infection against a background of rapidly increasing HIV prevalence in China. Low HIV testing levels and multiple partner...

    Authors: Eric P F Chow, Jun Jing, Yuji Feng, Dai Min, Jun Zhang, David P Wilson, Xiaohu Zhang and Lei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:549
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  44. The clonal spread of Acinetobacter baumannii is a global problem, and carbapenems, such as imipenem, remain the first-choice agent against A. baumannii. Using synergy to enhance the antibiotic activity of carbape...

    Authors: Yu jun Li, Chu zhi Pan, Zi wen Zhao, Zhu xiang Zhao, Hui ling Chen and Wei bo Lu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:548
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  45. Human brucellosis incidence in China has been increasing dramatically since 1999. However, epidemiological features and potential factors underlying the re-emergence of the disease remain less understood.

    Authors: Yin-Jun Li, Xin-Lou Li, Song Liang, Li-Qun Fang and Wu-Chun Cao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:547
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  46. Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is useful in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE). This study aims to determine the factors affecting pleural fluid ADA levels and to establish the optimal ADA levels f...

    Authors: Tunn Ren Tay and Augustine Tee
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:546
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  47. This study aimed to provide a contemporary picture of the epidemiologic, clinical, microbiologic characteristics and in-hospital outcome of infective endocarditis (IE) observed in a single center in Italy.

    Authors: Laurenzia Ferraris, Laura Milazzo, Davide Ricaboni, Cristina Mazzali, Giovanna Orlando, Giuliano Rizzardini, Marco Cicardi, Ferdinando Raimondi, Loredana Tocalli, Alessandro Cialfi, Paolo Vanelli, Massimo Galli, Carlo Antona and Spinello Antinori
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:545
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  48. The efficacy of the H1N1 influenza vaccine relies on the induction of both humoral and cellular responses. This study evaluated the humoral and cellular responses to a monovalent non-adjuvanted pandemic influe...

    Authors: Ma Teresa Herrera, Yolanda Gonzalez, Esmeralda Juárez, Fernando Hernández-Sánchez, Claudia Carranza, Carmen Sarabia, Silvia Guzman-Beltran, Ma Eugenia Manjarrez, Marcela Muñoz-Torrico, Lourdes Garcia-Garcia, Eduardo Sada and Martha Torres
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:544
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  50. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is divided into 8 definite (A-H) and 2 putative (I, J) genotypes that show a geographical distribution. HBV genotype G, however, is an aberrant genotype of unknown origin that demonstra...

    Authors: Antoinette C van der Kuyl, Fokla Zorgdrager, Boris Hogema, Margreet Bakker, Suzanne Jurriaans, Nicole KT Back, Ben Berkhout, Hans L Zaaijer and Marion Cornelissen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:540
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