Sequence analysis of hepatitis C virus variants producing discrepant results with two different genotyping assays

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-244

  Prescott, L E ^a   Berger, A ^b   Pawlotsky, J M ^c   Conjeevaram, P ^b   Pike, I ^d   Simmonds, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Murex Biotech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5' noncoding region; Genotype; Genotyping; NS4; Serotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, VIRAL; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUREX; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031409473     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199711)53:3<237::AID-JMV10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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