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Phylogenetic analysis of a circulating hepatitis C virus recombinant strain 1b/1a isolated in a French hospital centre.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Morel Virginie, Ghoubra Faten, Izquierdo Laure, Martin Elodie, Oliveira Catarina, François Catherine, Brochot Etienne, Helle François, Duverlie Gilles, Castelain Sandrine
Abstract excerpt
Genetic recombination is now a well-established feature of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) variability and evolution, with the recent identification of circulating recombinant forms. In Amiens University Hospital Centre (France), a discrepancy of genotyping results was observed for 9 samples, between their 5' untranslated region assigned to genotype 1b and their NS5B region assigned to genotype 1a, suggesting the...
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