A panel of 16 full-length HCV genomes was characterized in China belonging to genotypes 1-6 including subtype 2f and two novel genotype 6 variants

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-229

  Xu, Ru ^a   Tong, Wangxia ^b   Gu, Lin ^b   Li, Chunhua ^c   Fu, Yongshui ^a   Lu, Ling ^c  

^a Guangzhou Blood Center   (China)

^b THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

China; Full length genome; Genotype; HCV; Subtype

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE 1; GENOTYPE 2; GENOTYPE 3; GENOTYPE 4; GENOTYPE 5; GENOTYPE 6; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

CHINA; FULL-LENGTH GENOME; GENOTYPE; HCV; SUBTYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84884751481     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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