Determination of hepatitis C virus genotype by direct sequence analysis of products generated with the amplicor HCV test

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2625-2630

  Germer, Jeff J ^a   Rys, Paul N ^a   Thorvilson, Jill N ^a   Persing, David H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

CHIRON; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032796827     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2625-2630.1999     Document Type: Article

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