Characterization of full-length hepatitis C virus sequences for subtypes 1e, 1h and 1l, and a novel variant revealed Cameroon as an area in origin for genotype 1

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 94, Issue PART8, 2013, Pages 1780-1790

  Li, Chunhua ^a   Njouom, Richard ^b   Pépin, Jacques ^c   Nakano, Tatsunori ^d   Bennett, Phil ^e   Pybus, Oliver G ^f   Lu, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Fujita Health University Fujita Health University Nanakuri Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84880142719     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.048835-0     Document Type: Article

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