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Identification of the third major genotype of hepatitis C virus in France.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 30 Mar 1994
Li J S, Vitvitski L, Tong S P, Trépo C
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We have previously found type I and type II hepatitis C virus (HCV) as the predominant HCV genotypes in France. Here we report on the identification and partial characterization of a third major genotype there. This genotype showed only 93-94% sequence conservation to either type I or type II HCV in the 5' noncoding region. The point mutations changed the small open reading frames but not the proposed secondary...
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