title: Classification of hepatitis C virus variants in six major types based on analysis of the envelope 1 and nonstructural 5B genome regions and complete polyprotein sequences.
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 1 1 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 E 1 and NS5B genomic regions using the neighbour-joining method is a reliable tool for the assignment of most new isolates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Virologie, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital de la Timone,Marseille, France. virophdm@lac.gulliver.fr
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: de Lamballerie
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Charrel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Attoui
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Micco
mesh_terms: D016679:Genome, Viral; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010802:Phylogeny; D013785:Thailand; D014744:Vietnam; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins