Detection of a cluster of hepatitis C infections in a renal transplant unit by analysis of sequence variation of the NS5a gene

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Munro, June ^a,c   Douglas Briggs, J ^a   McCruden, Elizabeth A B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19244363041     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.177     Document Type: Article

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