Near-full genome characterization of unclassified hepatitis c virus strains relating to genotypes 1 and 4

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2119-2127

  Demetriou, Victoria L ^a   Kostrikis, Leondios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

HCV subtype classification; Near full genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; UNCLASSIFIED HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 80054866765     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22237     Document Type: Article

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