Genotyping hepatitis C virus isolates from Spain, Brazil, China, and Macau by a simplified PCR method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2372-2378

  Holland, Paul V ^a   Barrera, Josep M ^b   Ercilla, M Guadalupe ^c   Yoshida, Clara F T ^d   Wang, Yu ^e   De Olim, Gabriel A B ^f   Betlach, Bernie ^a   Kuramoto, Ken ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^g  

^a Sacramento Blood Centers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^f Centro de Transfuoes de Sangue

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VIRUS ISOLATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029821097     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2372-2378.1996     Document Type: Article

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