Evolution of hepatitis C virus quasispecies in mothers and infants infected through mother-to-infant transmission

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 967-974

  Ni, Yen Hsuan ^c   Chang, Mei Hwei ^c   Chen, Pei Jer ^a   Lin, Ho Hsiung ^b   Hsu, Hong Yuan ^c  

^a Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Mother to infant transmission; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84984583365     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80104-3     Document Type: Article

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