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An increased diversity of HCV isolates were characterized among 393 patients with liver disease in China representing six genotypes, 12 subtypes, and two novel genotype 6 variants.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2013
Gu Lin, Tong Wangxia, Yuan Manqiong, Lu Teng, Li Chunhua, Lu Ling
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BACKGROUND: We have recently determined HCV isolates among volunteer blood donors and IDUs in southern China and revealed the genotype distribution patterns not only different between the two studied cohorts but also from what we have sampled in 2002. A changed pattern could have also occurred among patients with liver disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Both E1 and NS5B sequences of HCV were characterized among 393...
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