title: [Peculiarities of the clinical course of viral hepatitis B in Tadzhikistan].
abstract: 12 (53%) patients with genotype A and 4 (50%) with genotype D of hepatitis virus B (HBV) had HbeAg-negative phenotype of HBV. Patients with genotypes C and D were characterized by a milder clinical course of hepatitis; liver cirrhosis progressed only in one of them. Patients infected with HBC of genotype A suffered more severe condition and earlier development of cirrhosis.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azimova
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dustov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013620:Tajikistan / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens