Hepatitis c virus genotypes in different regions of the former soviet union (Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and Uzbekistan)

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-40

  Viazov, S ^a,f,g   Kuzin, S ^a   Paladi, N ^b   Tchernovetsky, M ^c   Isaeva, E ^a   Mazhul, L ^a   Vasychova, F ^d   Widell, A ^e   Roggendorf, M ^f  

^a D I IVANOVSKY INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (Moldova)

^c Dept of Infect Dis Contr and I   (Belarus)

^d Institute of Virology   (Uzbekistan)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotypes; HCV; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELARUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLDOVA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UZBEKISTAN; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; BYELARUS; DNA PRIMERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MOLDOVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUSSIA; UZBEKISTAN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030827758     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199709)53:1<36::AID-JMV7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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