Evidence of an Exponential Decay Pattern of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Evolution Rate and Fluctuations in Quasispecies Complexity

Authors: Mukhlid Yousif, Hatim Mudawi, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Anna Kramvis, Abdelmounem Abdo

Journal: PLoS ONE

Date: January 1, 2016

DOI: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158557

Abstract

Long-term molecular study (20-year span) tracking HDV evolutionary dynamics. Revealed exponential decay pattern and periodic fluctuations in viral complexity during chronic infection.

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