Geographic distribution of hepatitis C virus genotype 6 subtypes in Thailand

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-262

  Akkarathamrongsin, Srunthron ^a   Praianantathavorn, Kesmanee ^a   Hacharoen, Nisachol ^a   Theamboonlers, Apiradee ^a   Tangkijvanich, Pisit ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^b   Mizokami, Masashi ^b,c   Poovorawan, Yong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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

^c Japan Kounodai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographic distribution; HCV genotype 6; Hepatitis C virus; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6;

EID: 74549117134     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21680     Document Type: Article

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