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HCV 6a prevalence in Guangdong province had the origin from Vietnam and recent dissemination to other regions of China: phylogeographic analyses.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Fu Yongshui, Qin Weibing, Cao Hong, Xu Ru, Tan Yi, Lu Teng, Wang Hongren, Tong Wangxia, Rong Xia, Li Gang, Yuan Manqiong, Li Chunhua, Abe Kenji, Lu Ling, Chen Guihua
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recently in China, HCV 6a infection has shown a fast increase among patients and blood donors, possibly due to IDU linked transmission. METHODOLOGY/FINDINGS: We recruited 210 drug users in Shanwei city, Guangdong province. Among them, HCV RNA was detected in 150 (71.4%), both E1 and NS5B genes were sequenced in 136, and 6a genotyped in 70. Of the 6a sequences, most were grouped into three clusters...
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