Sequence analyses of NS3 genes of recent Pakistan and Singapore strains of dengue virus types 1 and 2

Research in Virology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Chow, V T K ^a   Yong, R ^a   Chan, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

dengue virus; NS3 gene; nucleotide sequence; Pakistan and Singapore strains; types 1 and 2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINGAPORE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0031046744     PISSN: 09232516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2516(97)81907-3     Document Type: Article

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