High Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in Panamanian Blood Donors: A Molecular Analysis of New Variants

• Alexander A. Martínez,

  Affiliations Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama, Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. India, INDICASAT-AIP Clayton, City of Knowledge, Panama

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• Yamitzel Y. Zaldivar,

  Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama

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• CSS-NAT Group ,

  ¶Membership of the CSS-NAT Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

  Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social, Panama, Panama

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• Zoila De Castillo,

  Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Caja de Seguro Social, Panama, Panama

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• Alma Y. Ortiz,

  Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama

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• Yaxelis Mendoza,

  Affiliations Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama, Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. India, INDICASAT-AIP Clayton, City of Knowledge, Panama

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• Juan Cristina,

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

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• Juan M. Pascale

  * E-mail: jpascale@gorgas.gob.pa

  Affiliation Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama

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