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Hepatitis C Virus: Viral Quasispecies and Genotypes.
International journal of molecular sciences - 22 Dec 2017
Tsukiyama-Kohara Kyoko, Kohara Michinori
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) mainly replicates in the cytoplasm, where it easily establishes persistent infection, resulting in chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Due to its high rate of mutation, HCV forms viral quasispecies, categorized based on the highly variable regions in the envelope protein and nonstructural 5A protein. HCV possesses seven major genotypes, among which genotype 1...
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