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Abstract

The phylogenetic status of recently described isolates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia (previously classified as types 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11) was re-analysed by the neighbour-joining method instead of the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) that was first used by the discoverers of these strains. The analysis of complete amino acid sequences and of nucleotide sequences of the envelope 1 (672 nt) and nonstructural 5B (1092 nt) genomic regions permitted the re-assignment of the type 7, 8, 9 and 11 isolates to type 6, and that of type 10 strains to type 3. Finally, this study made possible the classification of the previously described HCV strains (including these South-East Asian isolates) in six major types and at least 30 subtypes. It confirms that analysis of the E1 and NS5B genomic regions using the neighbourjoining method is a reliable tool for the assignment of most new isolates.

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