Experimental infection of chimpanzees with hepatitis C virus of genotype 5a: Genetic analysis of the virus and generation of a standardized challenge pool

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1193-1197

  Bukh, Jens ^a   Apgar, Carl L ^c   Engle, Ronald ^c   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^c   Hegerich, Patricia A ^c   Tellier, Raymond ^b   Wong, Doris C ^c   Elkins, Randy ^c   Kew, Michael C ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMPANZEE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031710243     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515683     Document Type: Article

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