1. Hepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology; School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran
2. Department of Medicine III; RWTH-University Hospital Aachen; Aachen Germany
3. Laboratory Diagnostics Center; RWTH-University Hospital Aachen and Medical Care Center, Dr. Stein and Colleagues; Moenchengladbach Germany
4. Department of Medical Biotechnology; School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Tehran Iran
5. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS; Tehran Iran
6. Middle East Liver Disease (MELD) Center; Tehran Iran