Genotyping
HGV Is Typed Using Polymerase Chain Reaction
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 22nd, 1999
Researcher Hideo Naito and colleagues presented their findings at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, held November 5-9, 1999, in Dallas, Texas.
Based on phylogenetic analysis of the 5-UTR of hepatitis G virus (HGV) strains obtained from around the world, it has been found that HGV has genetic heterogeneity corresponding to the three major genotypes, type 1 through type 4.
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1999-11-22)
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