Genetic relatedness among Japanese HAV isolates, 2010

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-288

  Escobar Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^a   Cruz Rivera, Mayra ^b   Ruiz Tovar, Karina ^a   Vaughan, Gilberto ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84861702208     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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