1. Infection with hepatitis B virus genotype A in Tokyo, Japan during 1976 through 2001.
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Kobayashi, Mariko, Suzuki, Fumitaka, Arase, Yasuji, Akuta, Norio, Suzuki, Yoshiyuki, Hosaka, Tetsuya, Saitoh, Satoshi, Kobayashi, Masahiro, Tsubota, Akihito, Someya, Takashi, Ikeda, Kenji, Matsuda, Marie, Sato, Junko, and Kumada, Hiromitsu
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HEPATITIS B virus ,INFECTION ,VIRUS research ,HEPATITIS - Abstract
The article presents a study on infection with hepatitis B virus genotype A (HBV) in Tokyo, Japan, during the period between 1976 to 2001. In the present study, 68 Japanese patients infected with HBV/A who visited Toranomon Hospital in the Tokyo metropolitan area during 1976 through 2001 were examined along with their clinicopathological characteristics and virological features. It has been found that HBV/A infection has become more frequent during recent years, predominantly presenting as acute hepatitis, while subtype A' is uncommon in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
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- 2004
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