Genetic complexity and serum reactivity of HVR1 quasispecies of hepatitis C virus in patients with cirrhosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1489-1495

  Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS REACTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS LOAD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0036087847     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04150-3     Document Type: Article

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