Diagnostically untypable hepatitis C virus variants: It is time to resolve the problem

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 17690-17692

  Afzal, Muhammad Sohail ^a   Khan, Muhammad Yousaf ^b   Ammar, Muhammad ^b   Anjum, Sadia ^a   Zaidi, Najm Us Sahar Sadaf ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Genomic Research Labs and Diagnostics Center   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antiviral interferon therapy; Diagnostics; Genotypes; Hepatitis C virus; Pakistan; Untypable variants

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MUTATION RATE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS GENOME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84918562828     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17690     Document Type: Article

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