A natural inter-genotypic (2b/1b) recombinant of hepatitis C virus in the Philippines

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1423-1428

  Kageyama, Seiji ^a   Agdamag, Dorothy M ^a,b   Alesna, Evelyn T ^c   Leaño, Prisca S ^b   Heredia, Anna Marie L ^c   Abellanosa Tac An, Ilya P ^d   Jereza, Lourdes D ^e   Tanimoto, Tomoaki ^a   Yamamura, Jun Ichi ^f   Ichimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b San Lazaro Hospital   (Philippines)

^c Cebu Center for Infectious Diseases   (Philippines)

^d Cebu City Health Office   (Philippines)

^e University of Southern Philippines   (Philippines)

^f KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCV; NS3 protein; Philippines; Recombination; Subtype 1b; Subtype 2b

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHILIPPINES; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33749553986     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20714     Document Type: Article

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