Long-term evolution of the hypervariable region of hepatitis C virus in a common-source-infected cohort

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 4893-4905

  McAllister, Jane ^a   Casino, Carmela ^a,d   Davidson, Fiona ^b   Power, Joan ^c   Lawlor, Emer ^c   Yap, Peng Lee ^b   Simmonds, Peter ^a   Smith, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Edinburgh S E Scotland Blood T   (United Kingdom)

^c St Finbarr's Hospital   (Ireland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0031901336     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.6.4893-4905.1998     Document Type: Article

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