Evolution of hypervariable region 1 of hepatitis C virus in primary infection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 6271-6276

  Manzin, Aldo ^a   Solforosi, Laura ^a   Petrelli, Enzo ^b   Macarri, Giampiero ^a   Tosone, Grazia ^c   Piazza, Marcello ^c   Clementi, Massimo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031749172     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.7.6271-6276.1998     Document Type: Article

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