Identification of recent cases of hepatitis C virus infection using physical-chemical properties of hypervariable region 1 and a radial basis function neural network classifier

Abstract Background Identification of acute or recent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is important for detecting outbreaks and devising timely public health interventions for interruption of transmission. Epidemiological investigations and chemistry-based laboratory tests are 2 main approaches th...

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Main Authors: James Lara, Mahder Teka, Yury Khudyakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4269-2