Complete nucleotide sequence of a type 4 hepatitis C virus variant, the predominant genotype in the Middle East

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1341-1347

  Chamberlain, Richard W ^a   Adams, Neill ^b   Saeed, Awad A ^c   Simmonds, Peter ^b   Elliott, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EGYPT; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MIDDLE EAST; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030928381     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-6-1341     Document Type: Article

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