Epidemic history of HCV genotype 6 in South East Asia
BackgroundHCV infection is a subject of concern worldwide. Genotype 1, 2, and 3 spread around the world during and after the Second World War through infected blood and blood products. 1 Subtype 4a in Egypt underwent rapid exponential growth between 1930 and 1955 by extensive antischistosomiasis injection campaigns. 2 For at least 100 years,HCV genotype 5a in Africa spread with a roughly constant exponential growth pattern through time. 3 Genotype 6 is transmitted by needle sharing in IDUs in South East Asia.However, no published study addressed the evolution and migration time of this latter genotype. The aim of the study is to describe the epidemic history of HCV genotype 6 for better understanding the global origin and transmission dynamics of the virus.
Yi Tan Shui Shan Lee
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
国际会议
The 7th Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference(第七届亚太生物信息学大会)
北京
英文
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2009-01-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）