Torque teno virus: Its prevalence and isotypes in North India

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 6044-6051

  Irshad, Mohammad ^a   Singh, Shiwani ^a   Irshad, Khushboo ^a   Agarwal, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Joshi, Yogendra Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Torque Teno; Torque teno virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS VIRULENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 59849095130     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6044     Document Type: Article

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