Usefulness and limitation of phylogenetic analysis for hepatitis C virus core region: Application to isolates from Egyptian and Yemeni patients

Archives of Virology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1101-1113

  Ohno, T ^a   Mizokami, M ^a   Saleh, M G ^b   Orito, E ^a   Ohba, K I ^a   Wu, R R ^a   Koide, T ^a   Tibbs, C J ^b   Nouri Aria, K T ^b   Tokudome, S ^a   Williams, R ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 9544225035     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01718613     Document Type: Article

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