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A large outbreak of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the UK occurred between 2001 and 2005 in Bristol, UK.To identify HBV strains circulating amongst risk groups in the HBV outbreak cohort.Cross-sectional study of acute HBV outbreak cases in Bristol.HBV sequences from sera of 95 of the 237 cases (40%) were characterised. The majority of cases (77%) were found to carry an HBV variant belonging...