Identification of hepatitis C virus genotypes among hospitalized patients in British Columbia, Canada.

doi:10.1093/infdis/171.4.1034

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Identification of hepatitis C virus genotypes among hospitalized patients in British Columbia, Canada.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1995

Altamirano M, Delaney A, Wong A, Marostenmaki J, Pi D

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The distribution pattern of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes among patients from British Columbia has been investigated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the 5' noncoding region (NCR) and direct DNA sequencing of the PCR product. The sequence data obtained...

Topics

Base Sequence
British Columbia
Cross Infection
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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