Entire genome sequences of two new HCV subtypes, 6r and 6s, and characterization of unique HVR1 variation patterns within genotype 6

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 406-417

  Li, C ^a,b   Lu, L ^a   Zhang, X ^c,e   Murphy, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 65449187097     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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