Article
Genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus in association with antiviral therapy determined by ultra-deep sequencing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Nasu Akihiro, Marusawa Hiroyuki, Ueda Yoshihide, Nishijima Norihiro, Takahashi Ken, Osaki Yukio, Yamashita Yukitaka, Inokuma Tetsuro, Tamada Takashi, Fujiwara Takeshi, Sato Fumiaki, Shimizu Kazuharu, Chiba Tsutomu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) invariably shows wide heterogeneity in infected patients, referred to as a quasispecies population. Massive amounts of genetic information due to the abundance of HCV variants could be an obstacle to evaluate the viral genetic heterogeneity in detail. METHODS: Using a newly developed massive-parallel ultra-deep sequencing technique, we investigated the viral...
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