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SUBMITTER: Doi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC228848 | biostudies-other | 1996 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Doi H H Apichartpiyakul C C Ohba K I KI Mizokami M M Hotta H H
Journal of clinical microbiology 19960301 3
Subtype analysis of hepatitis C viruses (HCVs) obtained from patients with chronic liver disease in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was performed. Of 46 HCV isolates, 13 (28%) were shown to belong to HCV subtype 3a (HCV-3a), 10 (22%) to belong to HCV-1a, 7 (15%) to belong to HCV-1b, 1 (2%) to belong to HCV-3b, and 1 (2%) to belong to a variant group, as determined from partial nucleotide sequences of the NS5B region of the viral genome. Analysis of 5' untranslated region sequences identified five other is ...[more]