Single nucleotide insertion in the 5′-untranslated region of hepatitis C virus with clearance of the viral RNA in a liver transplant recipient during acute hepatitis B virus superinfection

Liver

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-82

  Sergi, Consolato ^a   Arnold, Joachim C ^a   Rau, Wolfgang ^b   Otto, Herwart F ^a   Hofmann, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Amersham Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Internal ribosome entry site; Superinfection; Viral mutation

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; RECIPIENT; RNA TRANSLATION; SUPERINFECTION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEOTIDES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SUPERINFECTION; VIRAL INTERFERENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0036105664     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0106-9543.2001.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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