High prevalence and phylogenetic analysis of TT-virus infection in Mongolia

Virus Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Kato, Hideaki ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^a   Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Kondo, Yutaka ^a   Dashnyam, Bumbein ^b   Oyunsuren, Tsendsuren ^b   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Academy of Science   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Liver diseases; Mongolia; Phylogenetic tree; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONGOLIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONGOLIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033043154     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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