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First genome characterization of a novel hepatitis C virus genotype 5 variant.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2016
Henquell Cécile, Yameogo Saydou, Sangaré Lassana
Abstract excerpt
We report a new hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 5 variant from a woman living in Burkina Faso. Phylogenetic analysis of the near full-length genome sequence suggests that this isolate HCV5_BF16 could be the first reported strain belonging to a new HCV 5 subtype, distinct from the 5a subtype.
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