Phylogenetic characterization of genotype 4 hepatitis C virus isolates from Argentina

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 May;39(5):1989-92. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1989-1992.2001.

Abstract

Among 114 patients infected with hepatitis C virus, three genotype 4 isolates, unusual in Argentina, were detected by phylogenetic analysis over different genomic regions. The patients were not related. One sample was associated with Egyptian sequences, and the others were associated with a Zairean isolate, a fact which reinforces the idea that they are from independent sources.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Argentina
  • Genotype
  • Hepacivirus / classification*
  • Hepacivirus / genetics*
  • Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis C / virology*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction