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. 1996 Dec;70(12):9028–9030. doi: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.9028-9030.1996

Species-specific variants of GB virus A in captive monkeys .

T P Leary 1, S M Desai 1, J Yamaguchi 1, M L Chalmers 1, G G Schlauder 1, G J Dawson 1, I K Mushahwar 1
PMCID: PMC191005  PMID: 8971037

Abstract

Sequences from the putative 5' nontranslated region of GB virus A were isolated from mystax, owl monkeys, and tamarins. Though sequences of isolates from each animal species are virtually identical at the nucleotide level (95%), isolates from different species are dramatically different (52 to 79% identical) and genetically cluster on this basis.

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