Hepatitis C virus genotype 4d in Southern Italy: Reconstruction of its origin and spread by a phylodynamic analysis

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1613-1619

  Ciccozzi, Massimo ^a   Equestre, Michele ^a   Costantino, Angela ^a   Marascio, Nadia ^b   Quirino, Angela ^b   Presti, Alessandra Lo ^a   Cella, Eleonora ^a   Bruni, Roberto ^a   Liberto, Maria Carla ^b   Focà, Alfredo ^b   Pisani, Giulio ^a   Zehender, Gianguglielmo ^c   Ciccaglione, Anna Rita ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV; Phylodynamics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; VIRUS GENOME;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4;

EID: 84865566468     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23384     Document Type: Article

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