Hepatitis C Virus Isolates from Argentina Disclose a Novel Genotype 1-Associated Restriction Pattern

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1298-1301

  Gismondi, María Inés ^a   Staendner, Lothar Heinrich ^b   Grinstein, Saúl ^a   Guzmán, Carlos Alberto ^b   Preciado, María Victoria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE 1 ASSOCIATED RESTRICTION PATTERN; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RSAI GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 1542409024     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1298-1301.2004     Document Type: Article

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