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SUBMITTER: Rehman IU
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3023652 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rehman Irshad-Ur IU Idrees Muhammad M Ali Muhammad M Ali Liaqat L Butt Sadia S Hussain Abrar A Akbar Haji H Afzal Samia S
Genetic vaccines and therapy 20110106 1
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the leading causes of viral hepatitis worldwide and its genotype 3a is predominant in vast areas of Pakistan.<h4>Findings</h4>The present study reports the first full sequence of HCV 3a isolate PK-1 from Pakistan. This nucleotide sequence was compared with six other HCV genotype 3a full length sequences from different regions of the world by using statistical methods of phylogenetic analysis.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The nucleotide difference of thes ...[more]