| hepatitis b virus genotypes in mongols and australian aborigines. | hepatitis b virus (hbv) is spread worldwide. seven genotypes, a-g, have been described, differing by more than 8% of the genome. in eastern asia and oceania genotypes b and c are predominant. however, little is known about genotypes in mongolia and australian aborigines. we analysed the pres and s regions of hbv from 9 mongols and 5 australian aborigines. all mongolian strains were of genotype d and were most similar to central asian sequences. all the australian strains were genetically of sero ... | 2001 | 11811682 |