| Literature DB >> 23224093 |
Mayra Cruz-Rivera1, Juan Carlos Carpio-Pedroza, Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez, Daniela Lozano, Arely Vergara-Castaneda, Pilar Rivera-Osorio, Armando Martinez-Guarneros, Carlos A Vazquez Chacon, Salvador Fonseca-Coronado, Gilberto Vaughan.
Abstract
Here, we analyze the viral divergence among hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic cases infected with genotype 1. The intrahost viral evolution was assessed by deep sequencing using the 454 Genome Sequencer platform. The results showed a rapid nucleotide sequence divergence. This notorious short-term viral evolution is of the utmost importance for the study of HCV transmission, because direct links between related samples were virtually lost. Thus, rapid divergence of HCV significantly affects genetic relatedness studies and outbreak investigations.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23224093 PMCID: PMC3553878 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03042-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948