Tracing hepatitis B virus to the 16th century in a Korean mummy

A rare find of a mummified child from the 16th century AD, in Korea, with relatively preserved organs, enabled a search for ancient hepatitis B virus (aHBV) DNA sequences from laparoscopic‐derived liver biopsies. Analysis of the complete aHBV genome (3,215 base pairs) revealed a unique HBV genotype...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2012-11, Vol.56 (5), p.1671-1680
Hauptverfasser:	Kahila Bar-Gal, Gila, Kim, Myeung Ju, Klein, Athalia, Shin, Dong Hoon, Oh, Chang Seok, Kim, Jong Wan, Kim, Tae-Hyun, Kim, Seok Bae, Grant, Paul R., Pappo, Orit, Spigelman, Mark, Shouval, Daniel
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asian Continental Ancestry Group - genetics Biological and medical sciences Child Deoxyribonucleic acid Disease transmission DNA DNA, Viral - genetics Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Genetic Variation Genome, Viral Genomes Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B virus - genetics Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification Hepatitis B, Chronic - history Hepatitis B, Chronic - pathology Hepatitis B, Chronic - virology Hepatology History, 16th Century Humans Korea Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas Medical sciences Mummies - virology Phylogeny Phylogeography Sequence Analysis, DNA
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