Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus in the south-east area of Gyeonggi-do in Korea

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-516

  Song, Han Ul ^a   Hwang, Seong Gyu ^a   Kwon, Chang Il ^a   Lee, Ji Eun ^a   Ko, Kwang Hyun ^a   Hong, Sung Pyo ^a   Park, Phil Won ^a   Rim, Kyu Sung ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Hepatitis A; Phylogeny; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70449717363     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.512     Document Type: Article

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