Hepatitis C virus genotypes in a northeastern area of Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-260

  Silva, Luciano K ^a   Paraná, Raimundo ^b   De Souza, Sérgio P ^a   Berby, Françoise ^c   Kay, Alan ^c   Trepó, Christian ^c   Santana, Nelma ^b   Cotrim, Helma ^b   Lyra, Luiz G ^b   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Lab Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia   (Brazil)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 17544392318     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.257     Document Type: Article

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