Predominance of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infection and rapid transmission between 1935 and 1965 in the Central African Republic

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2452-2456

  Njouom, Richard ^a   Frost, Eric ^b   Deslandes, Sylvie ^b   Mamadou Yaya, Fleurie ^c   Labbé, Anne Claude ^d   Pouillot, Régis ^a   Mbélesso, Pascal ^c   Mbadingai, Sylvestre ^c   Rousset, Dominique ^a   Pépin, Jacques ^b  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Health   (Central African Republic)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350512885     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.011981-0     Document Type: Article

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