Genetic diversity of GBV-C/HGV strains among HIV infected-IVDU and blood donors from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Virus Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Oubina J R ^a,b   Mathet, V ^a,b   Feld, M ^a   Della Latta, M P ^a   Ferrario, D ^a   Verdun, R ^c   Libonatti, O ^d   Fernandez J ^e   Carballal, G ^e   Sanchez D O ^c   Quarleri, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^d Ministerio de Salud Pública ^*  (Argentina)

^e CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GBV C; HGV; Molecular epidemiology; Viral genogroups

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARGENTINA; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENETIC SCREENING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032697886     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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