Evolutionary rate and genetic drift of hepatitis C virus are not correlated with the host immune response: Studies of infected donor-recipient clusters

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2541-2549

  Allain, Jean Pierre ^a   Dong, Yan ^a,b   Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^c   Moulton, Vincent ^d   Salemi, Marco ^c  

^a East Anglia Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DRIFT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0034049454     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.6.2541-2549.2000     Document Type: Article

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