Characterization of hepatitis C virus genotypes by direct sequencing of HCV 5′UTR region of isolates from Saudi Arabia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Shier, Medhat K ^a   El Wetidy, Mohammad S ^a   Ali, Hebatallah H ^a   Al Qattan, Mohammad M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENBANK; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; VERY ELDERLY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84905484328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103160     Document Type: Article

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