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Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the hepatitis C virus.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Jackowiak Paulina, Kuls Karolina, Budzko Lucyna, Mania Anna, Figlerowicz Magdalena, Figlerowicz Marek
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a globally prevalent human pathogen that causes persistent liver infections in most infected individuals. HCV is classified into seven phylogenetically distinct genotypes, which have different geographical distributions and levels of genetic diversity. Some of these genotypes are endemic and highly divergent, whereas others disseminate rapidly on an epidemic scale but display lower...
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