An expanded taxonomy of hepatitis C virus genotype 6: Characterization of 22 new full-length viral genomes

Virology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 355-363

  Li, Chunhua ^a   Barnes, Eleanor ^b   Newton, Paul N ^c,d   Fu, Yongshui ^e   Vongsouvath, Manivanh ^c   Klenerman, Paul ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^f   Abe, Kenji ^g   Pybus, Oliver G ^b   Lu, Ling ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Guangzhou Blood Center   (China)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Full length genome; Genotype 6; HCV; Laos; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6; HUMAN; LAOS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; VIET NAM; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6;

VIRAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CHINA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LAOS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VIETNAM; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84920871997     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.12.025     Document Type: Article

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