Retraction for Teramoto et al., Molecular Epidemiology of a Hepatitis C Virus Outbreak in a Leprosy Sanatorium in Japan

Authors :: Yasuyoshi Mizutani
Kazuya Shiogama
Hidemi Teramoto
Masanao Makino
Ken Ichi Inada
Toshio Kamahora
Yutaka Tsutsumi
Source :: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53:2003-2003
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: American Society for Microbiology, 2015.
Abstract: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak that occurred between 1940 and 1999 in a closed leprosy sanatorium located on a small island in Japan was analyzed. The analysis of 318 nucleotides in the NS5B region of HCV allowed us to establish the existence of at least three different HCV strains in this sanatorium.

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