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Comparative study of different methods to genotype hepatitis C virus type 6 variants.
Journal of virological methods - 1 May 2003
Chinchai Teeraporn, Labout Joost, Noppornpanth Suwanna, Theamboonlers Apiradee, Haagmans Bart L, Osterhaus Albert D M E, Poovorawan Yong
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 6a is found frequently in Southeast Asia. In Thailand, however, genotype 6 variants may exist which posses a genotype 1 like sequence in the 5' non-coding region. In order to genotype correctly these viruses, four different methods; INNO-LiPA assay, two RFLP assays on the core region (using different restriction enzymes) and phylogenetic analysis of the core sequences were...
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