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The spread of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a in North America: a retrospective phylogenetic study.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Joy Jeffrey B, McCloskey Rosemary M, Nguyen Thuy, Liang Richard H, Khudyakov Yury, Olmstead Andrea, Krajden Mel, Ward John W, Harrigan P Richard, Montaner Julio S G, Poon Art F Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The timing of the initial spread of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a in North America is controversial. In particular, how and when hepatitis C virus reached extraordinary prevalence in specific demographic groups remains unclear. We quantified, using all available hepatitis C virus sequence data and phylodynamic methods, the timing of the spread of hepatitis C virus genotype 1a in North America....
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