Genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis G virus isolates from different parts of the world

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 577-581

  Viazov, S ^a,b   Riffelmann, M ^b   Khoudyakov, Y ^c   Fields, H ^c   Varenholz, C ^b   Roggendorf, M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0031059689     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-3-577     Document Type: Article

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