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Analysis of sequential hepatitis A virus strains reveals coexistence of distinct viral subpopulations.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 2006
Costa-Mattioli Mauro, Domingo Esteban, Cristina Juan
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a hepatotropic member of the family Picornaviridae. Despite a remarkable antigenic stability, recent results have shown that HAV exists in vivo and in cell culture as distributions of genetically related, non-identical variants, referred to as quasispecies. To gain insight into HAV evolution over time in a specific geographical region, genotype I consensus sequences from strains...
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