Determination of hepatitis B virus genotypes in Yazd, Central Province of Iran

ABSTRACT

Background and Aims: hepatitis B virus [HBV] infects the liver and causes acute and chronic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis. HBV has been divided to eight genotypes [A-H] and subgenotypes of A, B, C and F. For the first time, we determined HBV genotypes in infected samples by INNO-LiPA method in Yazd, central province of Iran