Article
Molecular heterogeneity and new subtypes of HCV genotype 4.
Research in virology - 1 Jan 2000
Rapicetta M, Argentini C, Dettori S, Spada E, Pellizzer G, Gandin C
Abstract excerpt
The subtype distribution of HCV genotype 4 was studied in two different African countries, Egypt and Tanzania. The HCV isolates were obtained from epidemiological studies involving, respectively, 135 hepatopatic patients and 1043 pregnant women and outpatients. Sequence comparison and phylogeneti...
Topics
- Egypt
- Female
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
- RNA, Viral
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Tanzania