Article
Sequence variability in the env-coding region of hepatitis C virus isolated from patients infected during a single source outbreak.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1994
Höhne M, Schreier E, Roggendorf M
Abstract excerpt
The variability of the hepatitis C virus genome was investigated in a group of German patients who developed chronic hepatitis C after parenteral administration of contaminated immunoglobulin to prevent Rh sensitization after pregnancy. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence alterations of the E1 and the first hypervariable region of the E2 gene of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome from sera of two...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary
- Disease Outbreaks
- Gene Products, env
- Genes, env
- Genetic Variation
- Germany
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
