Genotyping hepatitis C virus from hemodialysis patients in Central Brazil by line probe assay and sequence analysis

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-550

  Espirito Santo M P ^a   Carneiro, M A S ^b   Reis, N R S ^b   Kozlowski, A G ^b   Teles, S A ^b   Lampe, E ^a   Yoshida, C F T ^a   Martins, R M B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34247187536     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2007000400013     Document Type: Article

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