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Serendipitous identification of natural intergenotypic recombinants of hepatitis C in Ireland.
Virology journal - 15 Nov 2006
Moreau Isabelle, Hegarty Susan, Levis John, Sheehy Patrick, Crosbie Orla, Kenny-Walsh Elizabeth, Fanning Liam J
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BACKGROUND: Recombination between hepatitis C single stranded RNA viruses is a rare event. Natural viable intragenotypic and intergenotypic recombinants between 1b-1a, 1a-1c and 2k-1b, 2i-6p, respectively, have been reported. Diagnostically recombinants represent an intriguing challenge. Hepatitis C genotype is defined by interrogation of the sequence composition of the 5' untranslated region [5'UTR]....
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