Article
A DNA hybridization method for typing hepatitis C virus genotype 2c.
Journal of virological methods - 1 May 1997
Biasin M R, Fiordalisi G, Zanella I, Cavicchini A, Marchelle G, Infantolino D
Abstract excerpt
A high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 2c (22%) was detected in sera from 459 italian patients by core-region amplification and hybridization with specific probes by DNA enzyme immunoassay. Amplified fragments failed to hybridize with 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b and 3a subtype-specific and 4, 5...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- DNA Probes
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Species Specificity
