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The genetic diversity and evolutionary history of hepatitis C virus in Vietnam.
Virology - 1 Nov 2014
Li Chunhua, Yuan Manqiong, Lu Ling, Lu Teng, Xia Wenjie, Pham Van H, Vo An X D, Nguyen Mindie H, Abe Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Vietnam has a unique history in association with foreign countries, which may have resulted in multiple introductions of the alien HCV strains to mix with those indigenous ones. In this study, we characterized the HCV sequences in Core-E1 and NS5B regions from 236 Vietnamese individuals. We identified multiple HCV lineages; 6a, 6 e, 6h, 6k, 6l, 6 o, 6p, and two novel variants may represent the indigenous strains;...
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