Analysis of HCV genotypes from blood donors shows three new HCV type 6 subgroups exist in Myanmar

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Shinji, Toshiyuki ^a   Yi, Yi Kyaw ^c   Gokan, Katsunori ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^d   Ochi, Koji ^a   Kusano, Nobuchika ^a   Mizushima, Takaaki ^a   Fujioka, Shin Ichi ^a   Shiraha, Hidenori ^a   Aye, Aye Lwin ^a   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a   Mizokami, Masashi ^d   Khin, Myo ^c   Miyahara, Masayuki ^b   Okada, Shigeru ^a   Koide, Norio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^c Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype; Myanmar; Phylogenetic analysis; Southeast Asia; Type 6 variant

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MYANMAR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYANMAR; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 3242806106     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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