High prevalence of GB virus C strains genetically related to strains with Asian origin in Nicaraguan hemophiliacs

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-155

  González Pérez, Mario A ^a,b   Norder, Heléne ^a   Bergström, Åsa ^a   Lopéz, Ernesto ^c   Visoná, Kirsten A ^b   Magnius, Lars O ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b Louisiana State Univ Intl Ctr M   (Costa Rica)

^c Red Cross Blood Program   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Central America; GBV C; Hemophiliacs; Sequences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOPHILIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICARAGUA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HTLV; HTLV II;

EID: 1842331511     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199706)52:2<149::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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