Genetic analysis of HAV strains recovered from patients with acute hepatitis from Southern Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-349

  Chironna, Maria ^a   Grottola, Antonella ^b   Lanave, Cecilia ^c   Villa, Erica ^b   Barbuti, Salvatore ^a   Quarto, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Hepatitis A; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0038024391     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10402     Document Type: Article

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