Molecular evidence of horizontal transmission of hepatitis C virus within couples

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 691-696

  Guedes de Carvalho Mello, Isabel Maria Vicente ^a   Medeiros Filho, José Eymard ^b   Gomes Gouvêa, Maria Soares ^b   de Mello Malta, Fernanda ^b   Lopo de Queiróz, Artur Trancoso ^b   Rebello Pinho, João Renato ^b   Carriho, Flair José ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 76849102359     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.015594-0     Document Type: Article

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