ArticleBMC biology2013
Viral phylogeny in court: the unusual case of the Valencian anesthetist.
Article in BMC biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Biowarfare, bioterrorism and biocrime: A historical overview on microbial harmful applications.Forensic science international · 2020Review
- The ethics of sequencing infectious disease pathogens for clinical and public health.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2019Article
- Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Envelope Diversification from Acute to Chronic Infection within a Sexually Transmitted HCV Cluster by Using Single-Molecule, Real-Time Sequencing.Journal of virology · 2017Article
- Next-generation sequencing and norovirus.Future virology · 2016Article
- Advanced molecular surveillance of hepatitis C virus.Viruses · 2015Review
- Hepatitis C virus molecular evolution: transmission, disease progression and antiviral therapy.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
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Abstract
A large and complex outbreak of hepatitis C virus in Valencia, Spain that began 25 years ago led to the prosecution and conviction of an anesthetist who was accused of infecting hundreds of his patients. Evolutionary analyses of viral gene sequences were presented as evidence in the trial, and these are now described in detail by González-Candelas and colleagues in a paper published in BMC Biology. Their study illustrates the challenges and opportunities that arise from the use of phylogenetic inference in criminal trials concerning virus transmission.
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