Phylogenetic reconstruction of HCV genotype 1b dissemination in a Small city centre: The camporeale model

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1723-1731

  Ferraro, Donatella ^a   Genovese, Domenico ^b   Argentini, Claudio ^b   Giordano, Viviana ^a   Pizzillo, Paola ^a   Stroffolini, Tommaso ^c   Craxì, Antonio ^a   Rapicetta, Maria ^b   Di Stefano, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c S Giacomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coalescent inference analysis; Community; Hepatitis C virus; Iatrogenic routes; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SICILY; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 50849134662     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21276     Document Type: Article

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