Evidence of an Exponential Decay Pattern of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Evolution Rate and Fluctuations in Quasispecies Complexity in Long-Term Studies of Chronic Delta Infection

Chronic HDV infection can cause a severe form of viral hepatitis for which there is no specific treatment. Characterization of the hepatitis B or C viral quasispecies has provided insight into treatment failure and disease recurrence following liver transplantation, has proven useful to understand h...

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Main Authors: Homs, Maria, Rodriguez-Frias, Francisco, Gregori, Josep, Ruiz, Alicia, Reimundo, Pilar, Casillas, Rosario, Tabernero, David, Godoy, Cristina, Barakat, Salma, Quer, Josep, Riveiro-Barciela, Mar, Roggendorf, Michael, Esteban, Rafael, Buti, Maria
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928832/