Partial nucleotide sequencing of the NS3/helicase region of hepatitis G virus to prove vertical transmission

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-279

  Takayama, Shigenobu ^a   Miura, Takuma ^b   Tominaga, Tomonari ^a   Taki, Masashi ^c   Matsuo, Sumitaka ^d   Sugii, Shunji ^e   Shimotohno, Kunitada ^f  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Haga Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis G virus and or GB virus C; NS3 helicase; Partial nucleotide sequencing; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RNA HELICASES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032806652     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00206-2     Document Type: Article

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