id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_67xbevsuz5c7nkjae4iscm2koi Dar-In Tai A global perspective on hepatitis B-related single nucleotide polymorphisms and evolution during human migration 2017 9 .pdf application/pdf 7933 3417 90 Genome-wide association studies have indicated that human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DP and HLA-DQ play roles in persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Asia. (SNPs) and to correlate these SNPs with chronic HBV infection among different populations, we conducted a global perspective response, which could have been a survival strategy during human migration to East Asia. The prevalence of chronic HBV infection in Africa is as high as in Asia; however, the HBV-related SNP genotypes are not present in Africa, and so the genetic mechanism of chronic HBV infection in Africa needs further exploration. human leukocyte antigen; IFNL4, interferon lambda 4; LWK, Luhya in Webuye, Kenya; NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; SNP, single nucleotide genotypes of five immune-related SNPs differed significantly between Esan in Nigeria in Africa and of HBVand HLA-related SNPs show marked differences between South and East Asian genome samples high prevalence of chronic HBV infection in East Asia ./cache/work_67xbevsuz5c7nkjae4iscm2koi.pdf ./txt/work_67xbevsuz5c7nkjae4iscm2koi.txt