Hepatitis C virus genotypes in clinical specimens tested at a national reference testing laboratory in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3040-3043

  Germer, Jeffrey J ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Bendel, Jordan L ^a   Mitchell, P Shawn ^a   Yao, Joseph D C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79960969718     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00457-11     Document Type: Article

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