Hepatitis C virus NS5B sequence-based genotyping analysis of patients from the Sharkia governorate, Egypt

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Fakhr, Ahmed Elsadek ^a,b   Pourkarim, Mahmoud Reza ^a,c   Maes, Piet ^a   Atta, Amal Hassan ^b   Marei, Ayman ^b   Azab, Magda ^b   Van Ranst, Marc ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c HIGH INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Egypt; Genotype; Hepatits C virus; Multilocus sequence typing

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

EID: 84890529532     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.12706     Document Type: Article

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