Mix-infections with different genotypes of HCV and with HCV plus other hepatitis viruses in patients with hepatitis C in China

Figure 2 Alignment of DNA sequence of the 5'NCR of HCV isolated from the patients mix-infected with different variants of the same genotype. Comparison of nucleotide sequences in the 5’NCR from Chinese patients (YS-, R-) with previously published HCV sequences. Patients were presumably divided in three groups, as shown in the left column. Nucleotide numbering corre-sponds to that described for the prototype HCV1[9]. Dashes indicate identity with sequence of HCV1 (top line). Nucleotide substitutions are indicated. Numbers in parentheses indicates the genotype of that sequence. Source of published sequences referred to Materials and Methods.