Molecular characterization of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 sequences in HIV-coinfected patients from Argentina

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 935-940

  Bolcic, F ^a,b   Jones, L R ^b,c   Laufer, N ^a,b   Quarleri, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Molecular Biology Division   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Genotype 4; Hepatitis C virus; HIV coinfection

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4;

EID: 79954596329     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22068     Document Type: Article

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