| african, amerindian and european hepatitis b virus strains circulate on the caribbean island of martinique. | ten hepatitis b virus (hbv) genotypes, as well as numerous subgenotypes, have been described in well-characterized ethnogeographical populations. martinique has been at a crossroads between africa, europe, india and the americas because of the slave trade (17th-19th centuries), followed by an important immigration of indian and west african workers. in this work, we aimed to study the molecular epidemiology of hbv infection in martinique according to this unique settlement pattern. to that end, ... | 2013 | 23884366 |