Article
Quasispecies of hepatitis C virus and genetic drift of the hypervariable region in chronic type C hepatitis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1995
Kao J H, Chen P J, Lai M Y, Wang T H, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
The sequential variations of amino acid sequences in the hypervariable region (HVR)-1 of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and changes of viremia in 2 patients with different clinicopathologic courses of chronic hepatitis C were studied. By using polymerase chain reaction amplification, cloning, and sequencing of HVR-1, genetic heterogeneity of HCV was shown. The highest annual rate of consensus amino acid variation per...
Topics
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
