Phylogenetic analysis of twenty-six cases of hepatitis delta virus isolates in Tehran, Iran

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-200

  Esmaeili, Rezvan ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^b   Hajibeigi, Bashir ^b   Sabouri, Elham ^a   Edalat, Rosita ^a   Adeli, Ahmad ^a   Mahboudi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroentrology and Liver Disease   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis delta virus; Iran; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70350746194     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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