Hepatitis C Virus

New Hepatitis C Virus Study Findings Recently Were Published by E.E. Gonzalez-Horta and Co-Researchers

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 18th, 2012

2012 JAN 18 -- "Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes are relevant to epidemiological questions, vaccine development, and clinical management of chronic HCV infection. In the present work, we aimed at investigating HCV genotype, variability and genetic history of HCV isolates in Cuba from a sample of chronically infected patients," researchers in Havana, Cuba report.

"A prospective study, involving 73 Cuban anti-HCV positive patients, was carried out. RT-PCR and phylogenetic analysis was employed to determine HCV genotypes. Divergence dates and demographic parameters in a Bayesian coalescent framework were estimated, as implemented in BEAST v1.4.8. HCV RNA was...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2012-01-18)

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