Hepatitis C Virus Subtypes Novel 6g-Related Subtype and 6w Could Be Indigenous in Southern Taiwan with Characteristic Geographic Distribution

Hepatitis C Virus Subtypes Novel 6g-Related Subtype and 6w Could Be Indigenous in Southern Taiwan with Characteristic Geographic Distribution

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype (GT) 6 is the most genetically diverse GT and mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and south China but not Taiwan. Earlier studies showed the major HCV GTs in Taiwan were GT 1b and 2 with very rare GT 6 except in injection drug users (IDUs), and subtype 6a is the mai...

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Main Authors: Hung-Da Tung, Pei-Lun Lee, Jyh-Jou Chen, Hsing-Tao Kuo, Ming-Jen Sheu, Chun-Ta Cheng, Tang-Wei Chuang, Hsu-Ju Kao, Yu-Hsun Wu, Mai-Gio Pang, Cheng-Heng Lin, Chia-Yi Hou, Hsin-Hua Tsai, Li-Ching Wu, Chuan Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
hepatitis C virus
genotype
injection drug user
phylogenetic analysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/7/1316

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