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Characterization of hepatitis D virus genotype III among Yucpa Indians in Venezuela.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2001
Nakano Tatsunori, Shapiro Craig N, Hadler Stephan C, Casey John L, Mizokami Masashi, Orito Etsuro, Robertson Betty H
Abstract excerpt
The complete genome sequences of hepatitis D virus (HDV) strains isolated from three Yucpa Amerindians in Venezuela were determined and found to be genotype III. Comparison of these three genotype III sequences demonstrated the presence of a hypervariable region containing numerous substitutions, insertions/deletions and a highly conserved region containing the self-cleavage domains, which have been reported...
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