Hepatitis A in Tunisia: Phylogenetic analysis of hepatitis A virus from 2001 to 2004

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-116

  Gharbi Khelifi, Hakima ^a,b   Ferre, Virginie ^b   Sdiri, Khira ^a   Berthome, Mathilde ^b   Fki, Lamia ^c   Harrath, Rafik ^a   Billaudel, Sylviane ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A virus; Phylogenetic analysis; RT PCR; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTEIN VP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN VP2A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUNISIA; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 33751005829     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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