Hepatitis C virus genotype 6 infection in India

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 72-73

  Raghuraman, Sukanya ^a   Abraham, Priya ^a,b   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a   Ramakrishna, B S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Clinical Virology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS 6; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 18944390369     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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