Identification of hepatitis C virus subtype 2c by sequencing analysis in patients from Córdoba, Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 995-998

  Ré, Viviana ^a   Contigiani, Marta ^a   Yoshida, Clara Fumiko Tachibana ^b   Lampe, Elisabeth ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; HCV subtype 2c; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 2C;

EID: 38149077922     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800016     Document Type: Article

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