A study of changing trends of prevalence and genotypic distribution of hepatitis C virus among high risk groups in North India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-359

  Chakravarti, A ^a   Ashraf, A ^a   Malik, S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Genotypes; geographic distribution; hepatitis C virus; risk groups; subtypes

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; RNA; CORE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS LOAD; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885416629     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.118877     Document Type: Article

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