Hepatitis C virus sequences from different patients confirm the existence and transmissibility of subtype 2q, a rare subtype circulating in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 820-826

  Martró, Elisa ^a,b   Valero, Ana ^c   Jordana Lluch, Elena ^a   Saludes, Verónica ^a,b   Planas, Ramón ^d,e   González Candelas, Fernando ^b,f   Ausina, Vicente ^a,g   Bracho, Maria Alma ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complete genome; Genotype 2; HCV; Subtype 2q

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; POLYPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79952715989     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22054     Document Type: Article

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