hossein keyvani department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran fatemeh ramezani hepatitis b molecular laboratory-department of virology-school of public health-tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran seyem mohamad jazayeri hepatitis b molecular laboratory-department of virology-school of public health-tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran seyed hamid reza monavari department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran farah bokharaei-salim department of virology, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran seyed moayed alavian middle east liver diseases center (meld centers) tehran, iran

sajad shahmoradi hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology-school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran mohammad hossein somi liver and gastrointestinal disease research center, eastern azarbyjan university of medical sciences, tabriz, ir iran mehdi norouzi hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology-school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran seyed moayed alavian baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, baqiyatallah research center for gastroenterology and liver disease, tehran, ir iran hadi karimzadeh hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology-school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran ramin rahimnia hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology-school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran

Ghodratollah Montazeri, Hadi Karimzadeh, Hossein Keyvani, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Maryam Daram, Michael Roggendorf, Reza Malekzadeh, Seyed Moayed Alavian, Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri, Shahram Mirmomen, Zahra Goodarzi,

Abolfazl Khedive, Farah Bokharaei-Salim, Fatemeh Ramezani, Ghodrat Montazeri, Helen Norder, Hossein Keyvani, Lars Magnius, Maryam Daram, Mehdi Norouzi, Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Reza Malekzadeh, Reza Rezaee, Seyed Hamid reza Monavari, Seyed Moayed Alavian, Seyem Mohamad Jazayeri,

maryam daram hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran ghodratollah montazeri digestive disease research center, shariati hospital, tehran, iran hadi karimzadeh hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran reza malekzadeh digestive disease research center, shariati hospital, tehran, iran mahmood mahmoodi department of epidemiology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran zahra goodarzi hepatitis b molecular laboratory, department of virology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

A Khedive M Norouzi F Ramezani H Karimzadeh S M Alavian R Malekzadeh G Montazeri A Nejatizadeh M Ziaee F Abedi B Ataei M Yaran B Sayad M H Somi G Sarizadeh I Sanei-Moghaddam F Mansour-Ghanaei H Rafatpanah M A Pourhosseingholi H Keyvani E Kalantari M Saberifiroozi M A Judaki S Ghamari M Daram M Mahabadi Z Fazeli Z Goodarzi V Poortahmasebi S M Jazayeri

chiman karami department of virology, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, iran ahmad h adli department of virology, golestan university of medical sciences, gorgan, iran sareh zhand department of biotechology, golestan university of medical sciences, gorgan, iran alijan tabarraei department of microbiology, golestan university of medical sciences, gorgan, iran reza talei department of microbiology, lorestan university of medical sciences, khorramabad, iran mohsen saeidi stem cell research center, golestan university of medical sciences, gorgan, iran

reza rezaee ministry of health and medical education, deputy of curative affairs, budget administration, tehran, ir iran mansour poorebrahim department of medical biotechnology, school of advanced technologies in medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran saeideh najafi department of microbiology, tonekabon branch, islamic azad university, tonekabon, mazandaran, ir iran solmaz sadeghi department of medical biotechnology, school of advanced technologies in medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran alieh pourdast department of infectious diseases, imam khomeini hospital complex, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran seyed moayed alavian middle east liver diseases (meld) center, tehran, ir iran; baqiyatallah research center for gastroenterology and liver diseases, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran

Maryam Daram Ghodratollah Montazeri Hadi Karimzadeh Reza Malekzadeh Mahmood Mahmoodi Zahra Goodarzi Hossein Keyvani Shahram Mirmomen Seyed Moayed Alavian Michael Roggendorf Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri

Abolfazl Khedive Alireza Namazi Behrooz Ataei Majid Yaran Mehdi Norouzi, Mohammad Ali Judaki Ramin Rahimnia Reza Malekzadeh, Seyed Ali Ghorashi Seyed Moayyed Alavian Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri, Shiva Ghamari