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A natural intergenotypic recombinant of hepatitis C virus identified in St. Petersburg.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2002
Kalinina Olga, Norder Helene, Mukomolov Sergey, Magnius Lars O
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) evolution is thought to proceed by mutations within the six genotypes. Here, we report on a viable spontaneous HCV recombinant and we show that recombination may play a role in the evolution of this virus. Previously, 149 HCV strains from St. Petersburg had been subtyped by limited sequencing within the NS5B region. In the present study, the core regions of 41 of these strains were...
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