Phylogenetic characterization of genotype 4 hepatitis C virus isolates from Argentina

ALFONSO, V; FLICHMAN, D; SOOKOIAN, S.; MBAYED, V.; CAMPOS, R.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

American Society for Microbiology

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2001 vol. 39 p. 1989 - 1992

0095-1137

Among 114 patients infected with hepatitis C virus, three genotype 4 isolates, unusual in Argentina, weredetected by phylogenetic analysis over different genomic regions. The patients were not related. One samplewas associated with Egyptian sequences, and the others were associated with a Zairean isolate, a fact whichreinforces the idea that they are from independent sources.