Hepatitis C virus heteroduplex tracking assay for genotype determination reveals diverging genotype 2 isolates in Italian hemodialysis patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 227-233

  Calvo, Pier Luigi ^c   Kansopon, Joe ^a   Sra, Kuldip ^a   Quan, Stella ^a   Dinello, Robert ^a   Guaschino, Roberto ^b   Calabrese, Giovanni ^b   Danielle, Franca ^c   Brunetto, Mauizia Rossana ^c   Bonino, Ferruccio ^c   Massaro, Anna Lucia ^c   Polito, Alan ^a   Houghton, Michael ^a   Weiner, Amy J ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b Casale Monferrato Hospital   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODUPLEX;

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0031984231     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.227-233.1998     Document Type: Article

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