Genome sequence of the hepatitis C virus subtype 6n isolated from Malaysia

Genome Announcements

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ng, Kim Tien ^a   Lee, Yeat Mei ^a   Al Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq Abed ^a   Xia, Xueshan ^b   Takebe, Yutaka ^a,c   Chan, Kok Gan ^d   Lu, Ling ^e   Mahadeva, Sanjiv ^a   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^a   Tee, Kok Keng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

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

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EID: 84896468301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00168-12     Document Type: Article

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