Ancient hepatitis B viruses from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of human hepatitis. There is considerable uncertainty about the timescale of its evolution and its association with humans. Here we present 12 full or partial ancient HBV genomes that are between approximately 0.8 and 4.5 thousand years old. The ancient seque...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 557; no. 7705; pp. 418 - 423
Main Authors:	Mühlemann, Barbara, Jones, Terry C., Damgaard, Peter de Barros, Allentoft, Morten E., Shevnina, Irina, Logvin, Andrey, Usmanova, Emma, Panyushkina, Irina P., Boldgiv, Bazartseren, Bazartseren, Tsevel, Tashbaeva, Kadicha, Merz, Victor, Lau, Nina, Smrčka, Václav, Voyakin, Dmitry, Kitov, Egor, Epimakhov, Andrey, Pokutta, Dalia, Vicze, Magdolna, Price, T. Douglas, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Hansen, Anders J., Orlando, Ludovic, Rasmussen, Simon, Sikora, Martin, Vinner, Lasse, Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E., Smith, Derek J., Glebe, Dieter, Fouchier, Ron A. M., Drosten, Christian, Sjögren, Karl-Göran, Kristiansen, Kristian, Willerslev, Eske
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2018 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	631/250/254 631/250/255/234/2513/1549 706/689/19/2472 Africa alignment Analysis Animals Archaeological Science Asia Bioinformatics Biological evolution Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Europe Evolution Evolution, Molecular Genetic aspects Genetics and Genomics Genetik och genomik Genomes Genomics Genotype Genotypes Hepatitis Hepatitis B Hepatitis B - virology Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis B virus - classification Hepatitis B virus - genetics Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification Historia Historical metallurgy History History, Ancient History, Medieval Hominidae - virology Human genome Human migration Human Migration - history Humanities and Social Sciences Humans India Iron laborativ arkeologi Letter Medieval period Migration Monkeys & apes mosaic structure multidisciplinary origin Phylogenetics Phylogeny recombinant sequences Recombination Recombination, Genetic reveals Science Science (multidisciplinary) Software Viruses United States > US Africa
ISSN:	0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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