Tracing the epidemic history of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b in Tunisia and in the world, using a Bayesian coalescent approach

Marwa Khedhiri; Kais Ghedira; Anissa Chouikha; Henda Touzi; Amel Sadraoui; Walid Hammemi; Henda Triki

doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2019.103944

Tracing the epidemic history of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b in Tunisia and in the world, using a Bayesian coalescent approach

Infect Genet Evol. 2019 Nov:75:103944. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.103944. Epub 2019 Jun 29.

Authors

Marwa Khedhiri¹, Kais Ghedira², Anissa Chouikha³, Henda Touzi⁴, Amel Sadraoui⁴, Walid Hammemi⁴, Henda Triki⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Research Laboratory: "Transmission Controle et Immunobiologie des Infections" (LR11-IPT02), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia; Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. Electronic address: marwa.kehidiri@gmail.com.
² Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Biomathematics and Biostatistics - LR16IPT09, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. Electronic address: kais.ghedira@pasteur.rns.tn.
³ Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Research Laboratory: "Transmission Controle et Immunobiologie des Infections" (LR11-IPT02), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia; Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. Electronic address: anissa.chouikha@pasteur.tn.
⁴ Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
⁵ Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Research Laboratory: "Transmission Controle et Immunobiologie des Infections" (LR11-IPT02), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia; Clinical Investigation Center (CIC), Pasteur Institute of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. Electronic address: Henda.Triki@pasteur.tn.

PMID: 31260787
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.103944

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bayes Theorem*
Genotype
Hepacivirus / genetics
Hepacivirus / isolation & purification*
Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
Humans
Phylogeography
Tunisia / epidemiology