Molecular characterization of hepatitis A virus strains in a tertiary care health set up in north western India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 142, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages 213-220

  Singh, Mini Pritam ^a   Majumdar, Manasi ^a   Thapa, Babu Ram ^a   Gupta, Puneet Kumar ^a   Khurana, Jasmine ^a   Budhathoki, Bimal ^a   Ratho, Radha Kanta ^a  

^a Department of Virology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis A virus; Mutations; Phylogenetic analysis; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84928017617     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.155577     Document Type: Article

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