High prevalence of genotype 1 in individuals with hepatitis C in Belo Horizonte, MG;Alta prevalência do genótipo 1 em portadores de hepatite C crônica em Belo Horizonte, MG

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-242

  Perone, Carlos ^a,b   Del Castillo, Dora Mendez ^a   Pereira, Gilsimary Lessa ^a   Carvalho, Nara De Oliveira ^a   Januário, José Nélio ^a   Teixeira, Rosângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus genetics; Phylogeny; Viral genome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS GENE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 50149105619     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000300003     Document Type: Article

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