Hepatitis C virus genotype 3a with phylogenetically distinct origin is circulating in Pakistan

Genetic Vaccines and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rehman, Irshad ur ^a   Idrees, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Liaqat ^a   Butt, Sadia ^a   Hussain, Abrar ^a   Akbar, Haji ^a   Afzal, Samia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS 3A; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3;

EID: 78650862933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14790556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-0556-9-2     Document Type: Article

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