The most prevalent hepatitis C virus genotypes in England and Wales are 3a and 1a

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-131

  Harris, Kathryn Ann ^a   Gilham, Claire ^b   Mortimer, Philip Paul ^a   Teo, Chong Gee ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemophilia; Injecting drug use; Interferon; Polymerase chain reaction; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS STRAIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PRENATAL CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; WALES;

EID: 0032964995     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<127::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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