Detection and phylogenetic analysis of human pegivirus (GBV-C) among blood donors and patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Qatar

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2074-2081

  Abuodeh, Raed O ^a   Al Absi, Enas ^b   Ali, Nadima H ^b   Khalili, Makiyeh ^c   Al Mawlawi, Naema ^c   Hadwan, Tameem A ^b   Althani, Asmaa A ^b   Nasrallah, Gheyath K ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

5 UTR; HBV; Healthy; HPgV; RT PCR reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEGIVIRUS C GENOTYPE 2; PEGIVIRUS C GENOTYPE 5; PEGIVIRUS C GENOTYPE 7; PEGIVIRUS C INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QATAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QATAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84942887131     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.24289     Document Type: Article

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