Article
Genotype distribution and comparison of the putative envelope region of hepatitis C virus from Korean patients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 1995
Kim C J, Shin K S, Kim W Y, Lim D S, Yoon S K, Park Y M, Kim B S, Jang S K, Cho M J
Abstract excerpt
Comparative nucleotide sequence studies of the genomes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) revealed that there are at least 6 different genotypes of HCV. The prevalence of HCV genotypes among the patients with liver diseases in Korea was investigated using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the NS5 r...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Chronic Disease
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary
- DNA, Viral
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Korea
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Viral
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
