The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B in the Indigenous people of northern Australia

@article{Davies2013TheME,
  title={The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B in the Indigenous people of northern Australia},
  author={Jane Davies and Margaret Littlejohn and Stephen Locarnini and Sarah E. Whiting and Krispin M Hajkowicz and Benjamin C Cowie and David Scott Bowden and Steven Y. C. Tong and Joshua S. Davis},
  journal={Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology},
  year={2013},
  volume={28}
}
The hepatitis B surface antigen was first described in the blood of an Indigenous Australian man, yet little is known about its molecular epidemiology in this population, in which it is endemic. The study aimed to determine the clinical and molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Indigenous people from northern Australia. 
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