Full-length sequences of 11 hepatitis C virus genotype 2 isolates representing five subtypes and six unclassified lineages with unique geographical distributions and genetic variation patterns

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1173-1184

  Li, Chunhua ^a,b   Cao, Hong ^c   Lu, Ling ^a,b   Murphy, Donald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2;

EID: 84861163712     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.038315-0     Document Type: Article

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