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The global spread of hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: a phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis
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Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated to affect 130-180 million people worldwide. Although its origin is unknown, patterns of viral diversity suggest that HCV genotype 1 probably originated from West Africa. Previous attempts to estimate the spatiotemporal parameters of the virus, both globally and regionally, have suggested that epidemic HCV transmission began in 1900 and grew steadily until the late 1980s. However, epidemiological data suggest that the expansion of HCV may have o...
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- Peer reviewed
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+ GeneTime Early Stage Researcher Training Grant
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Magiorkinis, G
+ Hellenic Scientific Society for the Study of AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Magiorkinis, E
+ Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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Paraskevis, D
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 12
- Article number:
- e1000198
- Publication date:
- 2009-12-01
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1549-1676
- ISSN:
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1549-1277
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- English
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- ora:3740
- Deposit date:
- 2010-05-07
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- Magiorkinis et al
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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- Citation: Magiorkinis, G. et al. (2009). 'The global spread of hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b: a phylodynamic and phylogeographic analysis', PLoS Medicine 6(12), e1000198. [Available at http://www.plosmedicine.org]. © 2009 Magiorkinis et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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