Identification of hepatitis C virus genotype 6 in Korean patients by analysis of 5′ untranslated region using a matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight-based assay, restriction fragment mass polymorphism

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1712-1719

  Oh, Heung Bum ^a   Kim, Soo Ok ^b   Cha, Choong Hwan ^a   Sun, Pyo Hong ^b   Folk, William R ^c   Kang, Mo Kim ^a   Dong, Jin Suh ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b GeneMatrix Inc   (South Korea)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Korea; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXED INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; RIBAVIRIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6;

EID: 50849095235     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21162     Document Type: Article

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