Molecular epidemiology of South African strains of hepatitis a virus: 1982-1996

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Taylor, Maureen B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOVIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030888317     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199704)51:4<273::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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