Article
Rapid hepatitis C virus divergence among chronically infected individuals.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2013
Cruz-Rivera Mayra, Carpio-Pedroza Juan Carlos, Escobar-Gutiérrez Alejandro, Lozano Daniela, Vergara-Castaneda Arely, Rivera-Osorio Pilar, Martinez-Guarneros Armando, Chacon Carlos A Vazquez, Fonseca-Coronado Salvador, Vaughan Gilberto
Abstract excerpt
Here, we analyze the viral divergence among hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic cases infected with genotype 1. The intrahost viral evolution was assessed by deep sequencing using the 454 Genome Sequencer platform. The results showed a rapid nucleotide sequence divergence. This notorious short-term viral evolution is of the utmost importance for the study of HCV transmission, because direct links between related...
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