Article
[Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A virus].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Feb 1993
Totsuka A, Moritsugu Y
Abstract excerpt
The genome of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a linear plus-strand RNA molecule of 7,500 nucleotides and it shares common strategies of construction and function of the picornavirus family. Since it has a unique nucleotide sequence homology, HAV has been classified in the genus of hepatovirus, newly added to the family. Nucleotide sequence of the putative VP1/2A junction area was found variable and a 168 nucleotide...
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