Hepatitis B virus genotypes and unique recombinants circulating among outpatients in selected hospitals in Kenya

摘要

Background: HBV causes 780,000 deaths yearly worldwide. It's endemic in Africa and of the ten known genotypes (A-J), A,D and E are prominent in Africa. Kenya is geographically located at the junction of these three genotypes and there is a paucity of HBV genotyping data.