| Literature DB >> 22301026 |
Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez1, Mauricio Vazquez-Pichardo, Mayra Cruz-Rivera, Pilar Rivera-Osorio, Juan Carlos Carpio-Pedroza, Juan Alberto Ruíz-Pacheco, Karina Ruiz-Tovar, Gilberto Vaughan.
Abstract
Here, we describe a transmission event of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injection drug users. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was used to assess the intrahost viral genetic variation. Deep amplicon sequencing of HCV hypervariable region 1 allowed for a detailed analysis of the structure of the viral population. Establishment of the genetic relatedness between cases was accomplished by phylogenetic analysis. NGS is a powerful tool with applications in molecular epidemiology studies and outbreak investigations.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22301026 PMCID: PMC3318530 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00005-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948