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SUBMITTER: Shi W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404033 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shi Weifeng W Freitas Ines T IT Zhu Chaodong C Zheng Wei W Hall William W WW Higgins Desmond G DG
PloS one 20120724 7
Recombination in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered to be rare. In this study, we performed a phylogenetic analysis of 1278 full-length HCV genome sequences to identify potential recombination events. Nine inter-genotype recombinants were identified, all of which have been previously reported. This confirms the rarity of inter-genotype HCV recombinants. The analysis also identified five inter-subtype recombinants, four of which are documented for the first time (EU246930, EU246931, EU246932, ...[more]