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Viral Hepatitis

Impact of the hepatitis B virus genotype and genotype mixtures on the course of liver disease in Vietnam†

Toan, Nguyen L.1,3,‡; Song, Le H.1,2,3,‡; Kremsner, Peter G.3,4; Duy, Dinh N.2; Binh, Vu Q.5; Koeberlein, Bernd1; Kaiser, Stefan6; Kandolf, Reinhard1; Torresi, Joseph7,‡; Bock, C.‐Thomas*,1,‡,§

1Department of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Germany

2Tran Hung Dao Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam

3Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Germany

4Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambarene, Gabon

5Institute of Prevention Medicine, Truong Dinh, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam

6Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Germany

7Department of Medicine, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Clinical Centre for Research Excellence, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Department of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, D‐72076 Tuebingen, Germany===

Received September 01, 2005

Accepted March 11, 2006