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SUBMITTER: Bhattacharya D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3205070 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bhattacharya Dipankar D Accola Molly A MA Ansari Israr H IH Striker Rob R Rehrauer William M WM
Virology journal 20111003
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected patients are frequently repeatedly exposed to the virus, but very few recombinants between two genotypes have been reported.<h4>Findings</h4>We describe the discovery of an HCV recombinant using a method developed in a United States clinical lab for HCV genotyping that employs sequencing of both 5' and 3' portions of the HCV genome. Over twelve months, 133 consecutive isolates were analyzed, and a virus from one patient was found with discordan ...[more]