Drift in the hypervariable region of the hepatitis C virus during 27 years in two patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-67

  Gao, Guang ^a   Buskell, Zelma ^b   Seeff, Leonard ^b,c   Tabor, Edward ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Immune globulin; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0036021187     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10170     Document Type: Article

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