A new subtype of hepatitis C virus genotype 1: Complete genome and phylogenetic relationships of an Equatorial Guinea isolate

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1697-1702

  Bracho, Maria Alma ^a   Carrillo Cruz, Francy Yolima ^a   Ortega, Enrique ^b   Moya, Andrés ^a   González Candelas, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DNA, VIRAL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1;

EID: 33744786503     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81666-0     Document Type: Article

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