Genotyping of hepatitis C virus in northwest of Iran

Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-308

  Hejazi, Mohammad Saeid ^a,b   Ghotaslon, Reza ^b,c   Hagh, Majid Farshdoosty ^a   Sadigh, Yashar Mohammadzadeh ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hepatitis c virus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATIENT MONITORING; RNA;

GENOTYPING; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

VIRUSES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34948888824     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2007.302.308     Document Type: Article

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