Three Cases of Infection with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 5 among Brazilian Hepatitis Patients

AUTOR(ES)

Levi, José Eduardo

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

During the course of routine genotyping of hepatitis C virus isolates by 5′ noncoding region sequencing, three samples were found to bear genotype 5-specific nucleotides. A serotyping method was subsequently applied and confirmed the finding. This is the first report of the occurrence of genotype 5 in Brazil.

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