[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries

R Zampino, A Boemio, C Sagnelli… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has shown an intermediate or high endemicity level in low-
income countries over the last five decades. In recent years, however, the incidence of acute …

[HTML][HTML] Enigmatic origin of hepatitis B virus: an ancient travelling companion or a recent encounter?

G Zehender, E Ebranati, E Gabanelli… - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of liver disease and infects an estimated 240
million people worldwide. It is characterised by a high degree of genetic heterogeneity …

The global hepatitis B virus genotype distribution approximated from available genotyping data

S Velkov, JJ Ott, U Protzer, T Michler - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is divided into nine genotypes, A to I. Currently, it remains unclear
how the individual genotypes contribute to the estimated 250 million chronic HBV infections …

Distribution of HBV genotypes in Latin America

MV Alvarado-Mora, JRR Pinho - Antiviral therapy, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Approximately 2 billion people worldwide are infected with HBV, and 350 million people are
chronic carriers. HBV is classified into nine genotypes (A to I). Genotype F is the most …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus infection in immigrant populations

N Coppola, L Alessio, M Pisaturo… - World journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of hepatitis worldwide, with nearly 350
million people chronically infected and 600000 deaths per year due to acute liver failure …

Chronic HDV/HBV co-infection: Predictors of disease stage–a case series of HDV-3 patients

WSM Braga, CMC de Oliveira, JR de Araújo… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Chronic HDV/HBV co-infection is perhaps the most intriguing amongst
all viral hepatitis. Only few studies focus deeply on this topic, particularly with patients …

Dating the origin of hepatitis B virus reveals higher substitution rate and adaptation on the branch leading to F/H genotypes

D Paraskevis, K Angelis, G Magiorkinis… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2015 - Elsevier
The evolution of hepatitis B virus (HBV), particularly its origins and evolutionary timescale,
has been the subject of debate. Three major scenarios have been proposed, variously …

Phylogeography and evolutionary history of hepatitis B virus genotype F in Brazil

FCA Mello, OC Araujo, BV Lago, ARC Motta-Castro… - Virology journal, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype F (HBV/F) is considered to be
indigenous to the Americas, but its emergence and spread in the continent remain unknown …

Hepatotropic viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D and E) in a rural Brazilian population: Prevalence, genotypes, risk factors and vaccination

KAA Caetano, FPR Bergamaschi… - Transactions of The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background People living in settlement projects represent an emergent rural population in
Brazil. Data on their health is scarce and there are no data on viral hepatitis in this …

Reliable timescale inference of HBV genotype A origin and phylodynamics

G Zehender, V Svicher, E Gabanelli, E Ebranati… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The worldwide distributed Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype A is classified into three
subgenotypes, and one quasi-subgenotype. The majority of HBV-A subgenotypes are …