Full genome characterization and phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis B virus in gibbons and a caretaker in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Takako Utsumi, Rury Mega Wahyuni, Maria Inge Lusida, Yoshihiko Yano, Nur Purba Priambada, Mochammad Amin, Priyo Budi Purwono, Anittaqwa Istimagfiroh, Soetjipto, Aurélien Brulé, Hak Hotta, Yoshitake Hayashi
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Springer-Verlag Wien 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/100210/1/Full%20genome%20characterization.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/100210/2/Full%20genome%20characterization.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/100210/3/Full%20genome%20characterization%20and%20phylogenetic%20analysis%20of%20hepatitis%20B%20virus%20in%20gibbons%20and%20a%20caretaker%20in%20central%20kalimantan%2C%20indonesia_2.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/100210/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00705-014-2323-9; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-014-2323-9
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) from gibbons was characterized, and the possibility of horizontal transmission between gibbons and humans was examined in a gibbon rehabilitation center in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Ten gibbons that were positive for the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) on arrival and...