国内初となる, HBV genotype H によるB型急性肝炎の1例

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A 65-year-old man was admitted to one of our hospitals for acute hepatitis B. He had not been abroad in the past 12 months. The viral genome was subjected to full-genome nucleotide sequencing. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that the strain belongs to genotype H, which is extremely rare in Japan. Being one and only case of domestic infection with HBV genotype H so far reported from Japan, however, this case may represent a tiny tip of the iceberg, since the recent booming of globalization and commercial sex industry in Japan has accelerated importation of a wide variety of foreign strains of HBV.
社団法人　日本肝臓学会の論文
2007-03-25