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Jul 30, 2020Keywords:
Hepatitis C, genotype diversity, elimination programmes
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A novel variant of genotype 7b hepatitis C virus emphasizing viral hepatitis elimination challenges for sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa has approximately 10.15 million people viraemic with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, extensive genotype and sub-genotype diversity is present, in addition to novel hepatitis C genotypes. Many of the unusual genotypes have extensive baseline resistance associated substitutions with direct acting antiviral therapy treatment outcome data, limited. We report a patient found to have a novel genotype 7b variant with extensive baseline resistance associated substitutions. There is a clear need for a better understanding of the virological characteristics of hepatitis C populations in sub-Saharan Africa to guide best optimal treatment decisions in national hepatitis C elimination programmes.
