Analysis of the 5′ noncoding region versus the NS5b region in genotyping hepatitis C virus isolates from blood donors in France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2051-2056

  Cantaloube, Jean François ^a   Laperche, Syria ^b   Gallian, Pierre ^a   Bouchardeau, Françoise ^b   De Lamballerie, Xavier ^c   De Micco, Philippe ^a  

^a ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA; NS 5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2A 2C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4C 4D; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE NON 2A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE NON 2C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE NON 4C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE NON 4D; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 2 VARIANT; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 4 VARIANT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NS5B REGION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS TYPING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD DONORS; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33745136792     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02463-05     Document Type: Article

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