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00.030.0.01.003.   Hepatitis B virus
Family:
Genus:
Species: 		00.030. Hepadnaviridae
00.030.0.01. Orthohepadnavirus
00.030.0.01.001. Heaptitis B virus
© Dr C. Büchen-Osmond (cb2009@columbia.edu), Mailman School of Public Health, Greene Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, USA Author/owner: Dr C. Büchen-Osmond



Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, USA

EM taken in 1976 while at:
Hygiene Institute
JW-Goethe Univeristy
Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
Specimen:
Treatment:
Bar: 		Hepatitis B virus
UA
100 nm
Host: human
Cluster of hepatitis B virions (Dane particles) interspersed between tubular and spherical forms of surface antigen particles.

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References

ICTVdB Index of Viruses
ICTVdB taxon description
Reference List from the 8th ICTV Report

References to sequence databases at GenBank and PubMed Central:
PubMed Central References; nucleotide sequences; complete genomes



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