Classification of hepatitis C virus into major types and subtypes based on molecular evolutionary analysis

Virus Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 1995, Pages 201-214

  Ohba, Ken ichi ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Ohno, Tomoyoshi ^a   Suzuki, Kaoru ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Ina, Yasuo ^b   Lau, Johnson Y N ^c   Gojobori, Takashi ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotypes; HCV; Molecular evolutionary analysis; Types

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENES, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028905070     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(95)00007-D     Document Type: Article

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