HCV genotype 4 - An emerging threat as a cause of chronic liver disease in Indian (south) patients

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 253-258

  Raghuraman, Sukanya ^a   Abraham, Priya ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a   Daniel, Hubert Darius ^a   Ramakrishna, B S ^a   Shaji, R V ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Genotype 4; Hepatitis C virus; India; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RNA SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 5644296267     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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