TT virus sequence heterogeneity in vivo: Evidence for co-infection with multiple genetic types

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1759-1768

  Ball, Jonathan K ^a   Curran, Rebecca ^a   Berridge, Selina ^a   Grabowska, Anna M ^a   Jameson, Claire L ^a   Thomson, Brian J ^a   Irving, William L ^a   Sharp, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

DNA VIRUSES; TT VIRUS;

EID: 0032988389     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-7-1759     Document Type: Article

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