Hepatitis C virus genotypes in northern Italy: Clinical and virological features

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2822-2825

  Ravaggi, Antonella ^a   Rossini, Angelo ^a   Mazza, Cinzia ^a   Puoti, Massimo ^b   Marin, Maria Grazia ^a   Cariani, Elisabetta ^a  

^a Children's Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TYPING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029858373     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2822-2825.1996     Document Type: Article

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