Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: Updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource

Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 318-327

  Smith, Donald B ^a   Bukh, Jens ^b,g   Kuiken, Carla ^c   Muerhoff, A Scott ^d   Rice, Charles M ^e   Stapleton, Jack T ^f   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 5; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NOMENCLATURE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS;

GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS;

EID: 84894707183     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26744     Document Type: Article

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