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Molecular characterization of hepatitis C virus genotype 2a from the entire sequences of four isolates.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2001
Kurihara C, Ishiyama N, Nishiyama Y, Fukushi S, Kageyama T, Katayama K, Miura S
Abstract excerpt
Genotype 2a hepatitis C virus (HCV) has different characteristics from genotype 1b, such as responsiveness to interferon therapy. Such type-specific characteristics appear to be due to differences in the HCV genome sequence. The complete sequences of genotype 2a HCV genome isolated from four patients with chronic hepatitis C were determined, and nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences were compared within...
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