Multigene tracking of hepatitis C virus quasispecies after liver transplantation: Correlation of genetic diversification in the envelope region with asymptomatic or mild disease patterns

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 10036-10043

  Sullivan, Daniel G ^a   Wilson, Jeffrey J ^a   Carithers Jr , Robert L ^a   Perkins, James D ^a   Gretch, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pacific Medical Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031775492     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.12.10036-10043.1998     Document Type: Article

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