IDENTIFICATION OF NUMEROUS HEPATITIS-C VIRUS GENOTYPES IN MONTREAL, CANADA

Authors
BERNIER L WILLEMS B DELAGE G MURPHY DG
Citation
L. Bernier et al., IDENTIFICATION OF NUMEROUS HEPATITIS-C VIRUS GENOTYPES IN MONTREAL, CANADA, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(11), 1996, pp. 2815-2818
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2815 - 2818
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:11<2815:IONHVG>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus genotypes were determined for 358 viremic individual s in Montreal, Canada, by restriction endonuclease analysis of PCR pro ducts and phylogenetic analysis of core gene sequences. Types 1, 2, an d 3 occurred in 62.8, 14.2, and 13.7%, respectively; types 4 and 5 wer e found in 3.9 and 4.5%, respectively; and genotypes 6a and 7c and a n ovel genotype each occurred in 0.3%. Types 4, 6, and 7 and the novel g enotype were mostly from persons who had immigrated to Canada.