Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of Tunisian hepatitis C virus strains subtype 1b;Étude de l'épidémiologie moléculaire et de la phylogénie des souches du virus de l'hépatite C sous-type 1b en Tunisie

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 707-716

  Mejri, Selma ^a,b   Mhalla, Salma ^a   Ben Yahia, Ahlem ^a   Triki, Henda ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Phylogeny; Subtype 1b; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

E1 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS 5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYLOGENY; TUNISIA; VIRUS GENOME;

GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TUNISIA; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84870861163     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: 19506112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/abc.2012.0768     Document Type: Article

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