GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) infection in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and identification of variants on the basis of 5'-untranslated region sequences

Archives of Virology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2433-2445

  Katayama, Y ^a   Apichartpiyakul, C ^b   Handajani, R ^c   Ishido, S ^a   Hotta, H ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NS3 PROTEIN, FLAVIVIRUS; RNA HELICASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THAILAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA HELICASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; THAILAND; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031472054     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050253     Document Type: Article

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