Hepatitis A virus genetic diversity in Venezuela: Exclusive circulation of subgenotype IA and evidence of quasispecies distribution in the isolates

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1829-1834

  Sulbaran, Y ^a   Gutierrez, C R ^b   Marquez, B ^c   Rojas, D ^c   Sanchez, D ^b   Navas, J ^d   Rovallo, E ^d   Pujol, F H ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b INHRR   (Venezuela)

^c not available   (Venezuela)

^d Fuerzas Armadas Venezolanas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Genotype; HAV; Outbreak; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; VP1 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952116381     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21856     Document Type: Article

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