Genotypes of hepatitis C virus in Nigeria

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 178-186

  Oni, Ayodele Ø ^a,b   Harrison, Tim J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

ELISA; nucleotide homology; RIBA; sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029760678     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199607)49:3<178::aid-jmv4>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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