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ArticleBMC genomics2017

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.

James Lara, Mahder Teka, Yury Khudyakov

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Article in BMC genomics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James LaraDivision of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, TB and STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA. xzl5@cdc.gov.
Mahder TekaDivision of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, TB and STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
Yury KhudyakovDivision of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, TB and STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIdentification 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 that are available for identification of acute HCV infection. However, owing to complexity, both approaches are not efficient. Here, we describe a new sequence alignment-free method to discriminate between recent (R) and chronic (C) HCV infection using next-generation sequencing (NGS) data derived from the HCV hypervariable region 1 (HVR1).

resultsUsing dinucleotide auto correlation (DAC), we identified physical-chemical (PhyChem) features of HVR1 variants. Significant (p < 9.58 × 10

conclusionsThe PhyChem features of intra-host HVR1 variants are strongly associated with the duration of HCV infection. Application of the PhyChem biomarkers to models for detection of the R/C-state of HCV infection in patients offers a new opportunity for detection of outbreaks and for molecular surveillance. The method will be available at https://webappx.cdc.gov/GHOST/ to the authenticated users of Global Hepatitis Outbreak and Surveillance Technology (GHOST) for further testing and validation.

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Chemical PhenomenaNeural Networks, ComputerComputational BiologyHepacivirusHepatitis CHumansViral ProteinsHVR1 protein, Hepatitis C virusViral Proteins

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