Survey of type 6 group variants of hepatitis C virus in Southeast Asia by using a core-based genotyping assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 417-423

  Mellor, J ^a   Walsh, E A ^b   Prescott, L E ^b   Jarvis, L M ^a   Davidson, F ^b   Yap, P L ^b   Simmonds, P ^a   Nowicki, M J ^c   Mosley, J W ^c   Lin, C K ^d   Lai, C L ^d   De Olim, G ^e   Martins, I A ^e   Duraisamy, G ^f   Ong, Y W ^g   Teo, D ^g   Lin, M ^h   Nuchprayoon, C ⁱ   Tanprasert, S ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HKG Red Cross Blood Transfus Serv   (Hong Kong)

^e Macau Blood Transfusion Centre   (Brazil)

^f HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^g National Blood Centre   (Singapore)

^h MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAR EAST; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 9044233638     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.417-423.1996     Document Type: Article

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