The GB viruses: A review and proposed classification of GBV-A, GBV-C (HGV), and GBV-D in genus Pegivirus within the family Flaviviridae

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Stapleton, Jack T ^a   Foung, Steven ^b   Muerhoff, A Scott ^c   Bukh, Jens ^d,e   Simmonds, Peter ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVIVIRUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENUS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS A; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS D; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEGIVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MONKEY DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; GB VIRUS A; GB VIRUS C; GBV-A-LIKE AGENTS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 79251486681     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.027490-0     Document Type: Review

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