Hepatitis C virus genotype and subtype distribution in Chinese chronic hepatitis C patients: Nationwide spread of HCV genotypes 3 and 6 Hepatitis viruses

Virology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ju, Wei ^a   Yang, Song ^a   Feng, Shenghu ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Liu, Shunai ^a   Xing, Huichun ^a   Xie, Wen ^a   Zhu, Liying ^b   Cheng, Jun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; CORE PROTEIN; E1 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 6; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 2A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 3A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 3B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 6A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 6N; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERUM; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937782748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0341-1     Document Type: Article

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