Confirmation of nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus by phylogenetic analysis of the NS5-B region

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3066-3069

  Norder, Heléne ^a   Bergström, Åsa ^a   Uhnoo, Ingrid ^b   Aldén, Jöran ^c   Weiss, Lars ^d   Czajkowski, Jan ^d   Magnius, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0031659297     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3066-3069.1998     Document Type: Article

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