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. 2011 Jul;19(7):502-5.
doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-3418.2011.07.009.

[The velocity of HCV subtype 6a transmission in southwest China]

[Article in Chinese]
Guo-hu Hong  1 , Zhao-xia Tan, Yan Guo, Qing Mao
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[The velocity of HCV subtype 6a transmission in southwest China]

[Article in Chinese]
Guo-hu Hong et al. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the velocity of HCV subtype 6a transmission in Southwest China.

Methods: The HCV CE1 region from 61 patients infected with HCV genotype 6 were amplificated by RT-PCR and sequenced. The subtypes were identified, and the period of HCV 6a strains originated in southwest china was estimated by using molecular clock phylogenetic analysis. The velocity of HCV subtype 6a transmission in southwest China was estimated by BEAST v1.6.1 and Tracer v1.5 software theoretically.

Results: Most of HCV 6a strains distributed in Southwest China origine around the year 1968 and at last 4 epidemic strains existed. The earlier origine strains could be isolated both in intravenous drug users (IDU) and non-IDU patients. After 1997, the HCV 6a strains transmission in southwest China accelerated and the trend intensified in 2007.

Conclusion: HCV 6a strains spread fastly both in IDU and non-IDU patients, which might be the main HCV subtype distributed in Southwest China in the future.

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