Evolution rate of hepatitis delta virus
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Dr. You-Chen Chao; Hung-Shang Tang; Chung-Te Hsu
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The complete RNA sequences of hepatitis delta viruses (HDV) isolated at 3 years apart from a chronic delta hepatitis patient in Taiwan were determined. The sequence analysis showed an overall evolution rate of 3.18 ร 10^โ3^ substitutions/nucleotide/year. The evolution rates in different