Sequence analysis of hepatitis GB virus C (GBV-C) isolates from 14 patients

Virus Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Seipp, Stefanie ^a   Wahl, Rafael ^a   Mueller, Hubert ^b   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a   Theilmann, Lorenz ^a   Goeser, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

GBV C; genome diversity; hepatitis GB C virus; sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS A; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B;

EID: 0030580589     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(96)01377-9     Document Type: Article

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