The global spread of hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: a phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated to affect 130-180 million people worldwide. Although its origin is unknown, patterns of viral diversity suggest that HCV genotype 1 probably originated from West Africa. Previous attempts to estimate the spatiotemporal parameters of...

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Main Authors: Gkikas Magiorkinis, Emmanouil Magiorkinis, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Simon Y W Ho, Beth Shapiro, Oliver G Pybus, Jean-Pierre Allain, Angelos Hatzakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20041120/?tool=EBI