Evidence of an Exponential Decay Pattern of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Evolution Rate and Fluctuations in Quasispecies Complexity in Long-Term Studies of Chronic Delta Infection.

Chronic HDV infection can cause a severe form of viral hepatitis for which there is no specific treatment. Characterization of the hepatitis B or C viral quasispecies has provided insight into treatment failure and disease recurrence following liver transplantation, has proven useful to understand h...

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Main Authors: Maria Homs, Francisco Rodriguez-Frias, Josep Gregori, Alicia Ruiz, Pilar Reimundo, Rosario Casillas, David Tabernero, Cristina Godoy, Salma Barakat, Josep Quer, Mar Riveiro-Barciela, Michael Roggendorf, Rafael Esteban, Maria Buti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4928832?pdf=render