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Viral evolution explains the associations among hepatitis C virus genotype, clinical outcomes, and human genetic variation.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2013
Rose Rebecca, Markov Peter V, Lam Tommy T, Pybus Oliver G
Abstract excerpt
Specific human polymorphisms, most commonly found in Central Africa, can predict the success of drug treatment against the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a significant and globally-distributed human pathogen. However, this association is only found for a subset of HCV genotypes. Despite receiving considerable attention in the medical and virological literature, no evolutionary explanation for this curious pattern has...
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