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The molecular biology of hepatitis C virus. Genotypes and quasispecies.
Clinics in liver disease - 1 Nov 1999
Forns X, Bukh J
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. HCV is a positive-strand genotype RNA virus with extensive genetic heterogeneity; HCV isolates define 6 major genotypes, and HCV circulates within an infected individual as a number of closely related but distinct species, termed a quasispecies. This article reviews characteristic aspects of HCV molecular biology and their...
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