TABLE 2.

Heterogeneity of the GBV-C/HGV 5′NCR nucleotide sequences observed in the PBMC infected in vitro

Sample typea	No. of clones sequenced	No. of different sequences found	CC	Frequency of sequencesb
I	50	25	0.50	1 (24), 1 (3), 23 (1)
IP	29	10	0.34	1 (19), 1 (2), 8 (1)
D1	20	11	0.55	1 (10), 10 (1)
D2	19	10	0.53	1 (9), 1 (2), 8 (1)
D3	21	7	0.33	1 (15), 6 (1)
D4	27	9	0.33	1 (19), 8 (1)
PP	21	6	0.29	1 (16), 5 (1)

^aI, inoculum; IP, PBMC corresponding to the inoculum; D1 through D4, PBMC of the four healthy subjects infected in vitro with the inoculum; PP, cell pool made by the mixture of the PBMC of the four healthy donors infected in vitro. 

^bThe number preceding the parentheses represents a sequence, or sequences; the number within the parentheses is the number of clones in which that sequence or those sequences appear. For instance, for I, 1 sequence appears in 24 clones, 1 appears in 3 clones, and 23 appear in 1 clone each.