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Conservation in China of a novel group of HCV variants dating to six centuries ago.
Virology - 1 Sept 2014
An Yuling, Wu Tao, Wang Min, Lu Ling, Li Chunhua, Zhou Yuanpin, Fu Yongshui, Chen Guihua
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: We characterized a novel group of HCV variants that are genetically related but distinct from each other belonging to genotype 6 (HCV-6). From 26 infected Austronesian-descended aborigines on Hainan Island, China, HCV sequences were determined followed by genetic analyses. Six nearly full-length genomes and 20 E1 sequences of HCV were obtained, which differ from each other and from all known HCV...
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