Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis C virus isolates indicates a unique pattern of endemic infection in Cameroon

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2333-2341

  Ndjomou, Jean ^a,c   Pybus, Oliver G ^b   Matz, Bertfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0041852686     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19240-0     Document Type: Article

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