HCV genotyping in India - Quo vadis?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Raghuraman, Sukanya ^a   Abraham, Priya ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS VACCINE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLADISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA VIRUS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INDIA; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 2442581263     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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