Differences in hepatitis C virus quasispecies composition between liver, peripheral blood mononuclear cells and plasma

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1521-1525

  Maggi, Fabrizio ^a   Fornai, Claudia ^a   Vatteroni, Maria Linda ^a   Giorgi, Massimo ^a   Morrica, Antonietta ^a   Pistello, Mauro ^a   Cammarota, Giancarlo ^a   Marchi, Santino ^a   Ciccorossi, Pietro ^a   Bionda, Alberto ^a   Bendinelli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030878538     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-7-1521     Document Type: Article

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