Molecular characterization of hepatitis a virus isolates from Nigeria

Intervirology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-26

  Forbi, Joseph C ^a   Esona, Mathew D ^a   Agwale, Simon M ^a  

^a Clinical Virology Laboratory   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Genotype; HAV isolates; Nigeria; Subgenotype

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 84870375126     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341612     Document Type: Article

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