Complex patterns of HCV epidemic in Suzhou: Evidence for dual infection and HCV recombination in East China

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-212

  Du, Hong ^a   Qi, Yinle ^b   Hao, Fangyuan ^b   Huang, Yan ^b   Mao, Lingxiang ^e   Ji, Shunfeng ^d   Huang, Mingyuan ^d   Qin, Chenhao ^a   Yan, Ruhong ^a   Zhu, Xueming ^a   Zhang, Chiyu ^b,c  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE PASTEUR OF SHANGHAI   (China)

^d Xiangcheng District Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Zhenjiang Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Dual infection; General population; Genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Injection drug users; Intersubtype recombinant

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84861669859     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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