Hepatitis C virus phylogeny: A useful clinical tool

Acta Virologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-182

  Cristina, J ^a   Mukomolov, S ^b   Colina, R ^a,c   Kalinina, O ^b   Garcia L ^a   Khan, B ^d   Mogdasy, C ^c   Karayiannis, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b ST PETERSBURG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Lab de Citometria y Biol Molecular   (Uruguay)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus; Phylogenetic tree analysis; Virus typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 18744379738     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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