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ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2014

Expanded classification of hepatitis C virus into 7 genotypes and 67 subtypes: updated criteria and genotype assignment web resource.

Donald B Smith, Jens Bukh, Carla Kuiken, A Scott Muerhoff, Charles M Rice, Jack T Stapleton, Peter Simmonds

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Article in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03090035 (Impact of Interleukin 28B), which is not on this map. Cited by 576 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03090035 phase3completednot on this map

Impact of Interleukin 28B (rs12979860) Genotype on Virological Responses in Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment

TypeinterventionalSponsorSheikh Zayed Medical CollegeRan2014 to 2014Enrolled98ConditionsHepatitis C, Hepatitis C RelapseArmsPegylated Interferon α2, Ribavirin
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

576 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Reinfection and Resistance Associated Substitutions Following a Minimal Monitoring Approach for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in MINMON Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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  5. Efficacy and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in patients with HCV genotype 5/6: An integrated analysis of phase 2/3 studies.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Donald B SmithCentre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Jens Bukh
Carla Kuiken
A Scott Muerhoff
Charles M Rice
Jack T Stapleton
Peter Simmonds

Funding

Wellcome Trust 095831
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledThe 2005 consensus proposal for the classification of hepatitis C virus (HCV) presented an agreed and uniform nomenclature for HCV variants and the criteria for their assignment into genotypes and subtypes. Since its publication, the available dataset of HCV sequences has vastly expanded through advancement in nucleotide sequencing technologies and an increasing focus on the role of HCV genetic variation in disease and treatment outcomes. The current study represents a major update to the previous consensus HCV classification, incorporating additional sequence information derived from over 1,300 (near-)complete genome sequences of HCV available on public databases in May 2013. Analysis resolved several nomenclature conflicts between genotype designations and using consensus criteria created a classification of HCV into seven confirmed genotypes and 67 subtypes. There are 21 additional complete coding region sequences of unassigned subtype. The study additionally describes the development of a Web resource hosted by the International Committee for Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) that maintains and regularly updates tables of reference isolates, accession numbers, and annotated alignments (http://talk.ictvonline.org/links/hcv/hcv-classification.htm). The Flaviviridae Study Group urges those who need to check or propose new genotypes or subtypes of HCV to contact the Study Group in advance of publication to avoid nomenclature conflicts appearing in the literature. While the criteria for assigning genotypes and subtypes remain unchanged from previous consensus proposals, changes are proposed in the assignment of provisional subtypes, subtype numbering beyond "w," and the nomenclature of intergenotypic recombinant.

conclusionThis study represents an important reference point for the consensus classification of HCV variants that will be of value to researchers working in clinical and basic science fields.

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PMID24115039
PMCPMC4063340

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