A new variant of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus (GBV-C/HGV) from South Africa

Virus Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-160

  Sathar, Mahomed A ^a   Soni, Paresh N ^a   Pegoraro, Rosemary ^b   Simmonds, Peter ^c   Smith, Donald B ^c   Dhillon, Amar P ^d   Dusheiko, Geoffery M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KING EDWARD VIII HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5' Non coding region (5'NCR); Hepatitis GBV C HGV; Sequence and phylogenetic analysis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS MUTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTH AFRICA;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS;

EID: 0032842173     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00090-8     Document Type: Article

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