Human pegivirus molecular epidemiology in Argentina: Potential contribution of Latin American migration to genotype 3 circulation

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2076-2083

  Trinks, Julieta ^a   Maestri, Miriam ^b   Oliveto, Fabián ^b   del Pino, Noemí ^c   Weissenbacher, Mercedes ^d   Torres, Oscar Walter ^b   Oubiña, José Raúl ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Materno Infantil Ramon Sarda   (Argentina)

^c DIAGNOBIO SRL   (Argentina)

^d ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Human pegivirus (HPgV); Injecting drug users; Pregnant women; Viral genotypes

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARGENTINIAN; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN PEGIVIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HUMAN PEGIVIRUS GENOTYPE 3; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJECTING DRUG USER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEGIVIRUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911805803     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23918     Document Type: Article

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