Genetic variability of hepatitis C virus in south Egypt and its possible clinical implication

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1015-1023

  Elkady, Abeer ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^a   Kurbanov, Fuat ^a   Sugauchi, Fuminaka ^a   Sugiyama, Masaya ^a   Khan, Anis ^a   Sayed, Douaa ^b   Moustafa, Ghada ^c   Abdel Hameed, Abdel Rahman ^d   Mizokami, Masashi ^a,e  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^c Sohag University   (Egypt)

^d South Valley University   (Egypt)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egypt; Epidemiology; Genotype 4o; HCV; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

CORE PROTEIN; E1 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS 5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449104769     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21492     Document Type: Article

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