High prevalence of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A phylogenetic analysis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Liu, Hsin Fu ^a   Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^b   Dahan, Karin ^a   Desmyter, Jan ^c   Goubau, Patrick ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5'non coding region; GBV C; Genotyping; HGV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGO; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

DNA VIRUSES; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033987823     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200002)60:2<159::AID-JMV9>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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