Elucidation of hepatitis C virus transmission and early diversification by single genome sequencing.

A precise molecular identification of transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) genomes could illuminate key aspects of transmission biology, immunopathogenesis and natural history. We used single genome sequencing of 2,922 half or quarter genomes from plasma viral RNA to identify transmitted/founder (T/F...

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Main Authors: Hui Li, Mark B Stoddard, Shuyi Wang, Lily M Blair, Elena E Giorgi, Erica H Parrish, Gerald H Learn, Peter Hraber, Paul A Goepfert, Michael S Saag, Thomas N Denny, Barton F Haynes, Beatrice H Hahn, Ruy M Ribeiro, Alan S Perelson, Bette T Korber, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, George M Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3426529?pdf=render