Genetic history of hepatitis C virus in Venezuela: High diversity and long time of evolution of HCV genotype 2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Sulbarán, Maria Z ^a   di Lello, Federico A ^b   Sulbarán, Yoneira ^a   Cosson, Clarisa ^a   Loureiro, Carmen L ^a   Rangel, Héctor R ^a   Cantaloube, Jean F ^c   Campos, Rodolfo H ^b   Moratorio, Gonzalo ^d,e   Cristina, Juan ^d   Pujol, Flor H ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; NS 5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURKINA FASO; CANADA; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MARTINIQUE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VENEZUELA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VENEZUELA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 78650772800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014315     Document Type: Article

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