Interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus: Application of comparing the variability of HVR1 nucleotide region

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 57, 2004, Pages 791-795

  Lai, Kuan Wei ^a   Young, Kung Chia ^b   Cheng, Pin Nan ^c   Chen, Shih Hui ^b   Chang, Ting Tsung ^b  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Interspousal transmission; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; SPOUSES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 2342471320     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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