Analysis of hepatitis C virus strains circulating in Republic of the Congo

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 562-567

  Cantaloube, Jean François ^a   Gallian, Pierre ^a   Bokilo, Amélia ^b   Jordier, François ^a   Biagini, Philippe ^a   Attoui, Houssam ^c   Chiaroni, Jacques ^a   De Micco, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNTS of Brazzaville ^*  (Congo)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Genotyping; HCV; Phylogeny; Prevalence; Republic of the Congo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGO; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77949350956     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21724     Document Type: Article

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