Simian hepatitis A virus derived from a captive rhesus monkey in India is similar to the strain isolated from wild African green monkeys in Kenya

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-218

  Arankalle, V A ^a   Ramakrishnan, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Full genome sequence; India; Rhesus monkey; Simian hepatitis A virus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; INDIA; KENYA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; INDIA; KENYA; MACACA MULATTA; MONKEY DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 60349113984     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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