Identification of numerous hepatitis C virus genotypes in Montreal, Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2815-2818

  Bernier, Luc ^a   Willems, Bernard ^b   Delage, Gilles ^a,c   Murphy, Donald G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029962739     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2815-2818.1996     Document Type: Article

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