Diversity of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus isolates in Singapore: Predominance of group 2a and the Asian group 3 variant

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-153

  Wong, Soon Boon Justin ^a   Chan, Soh Ha ^a   Ren, E E Chee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

5' UTR sequences; Asian; GBV C HGV; Hepatitis; Phylogenetic groups; Singapore

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SINGAPORE; VIRUS STRAIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGAPORE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032955091     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<145::AID-JMV8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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