New hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotyping system that allows for identification of HCV genotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5a, and 6a

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Ohno, Tomoyoshi ^a,b   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Wu, Rong Rong ^a   Saleh, Mohamed G ^c   Ohba, Ken Ichi ^a   Orito, Etsuro ^a   Mukaide, Motokazu ^d   Williams, Roger ^c   Lau, Johnson Y N ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SRL INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TYPING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031059949     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.1.201-207.1997     Document Type: Article

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