Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Bushehr province, Iran

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 861-864

  Vahdat, K ^a   Keyvani, H ^b   Tabib, S M ^a   Rostamabadi, S ^a   Valizadeh, S M ^a   Cheraghi, S ^c   Shamsian, S ^c   Zandi, Keivan ^d,e  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Arya Virology Laboratory   (Iran)

^d Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Centre   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bushehr; Genotyping; Hepatitis C virus; Iran; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PRIMER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING; GENETICS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 79952233156     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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