Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus in patients in the ahwaz region of Iran

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 582-586

  Nejati, Ahmad ^a   Makvandi, Manochehr ^a   Samarbafzadeh, Alireza ^a   Neisi, Niloofar ^a   Moradzadegan, Hamid ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Pasteur Laboratory   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Hepatitis A; Iran

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PROTEIN VP1; PROTEIN VP3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 84856918251     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23238     Document Type: Article

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