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A Protocol for Analyzing Hepatitis C Virus Replication
Published on: June 26, 2014
New natural intergenotypic (2/5) recombinant of hepatitis C virus
Florence Legrand-Abravanel1, Julie Claudinon, Florence Nicot
1Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, INSERM U563, IFR30, 330 Ave. de Grande-Bretagne, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse Cédex 9, France.
Abstract:
A 9.2-kb sequence from a hepatitis C virus (HCV) strain found in southwest France was compared to sequences from reference strains in HCV sequence databases. We found a recombinant virus with genotype 2 at the 5' end and genotype 5 at the 3' end. The crossover point was located between genes NS2 and NS3. Recombination between HCV genotypes must now be considered in studies on HCV epidemiology and evolution and in predictions of the virus response to antiviral therapy. Knowing the location of the recombination point may also be useful for constructing infectious chimeric viruses.
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