Retraction for Ramsay et al., “Hepacivirus A Infection in Horses Defines Distinct Envelope Hypervariable Regions and Elucidates Potential Roles of Viral Strain and Adaptive Immune Status in Determining Envelope Diversity and Infection Outcome”

RETRACTION

Volume 92, no. 18, e00314-18, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00314-18. Washington State University, Joshua D. Ramsay, and Robert H. Mealey retract this article as an outcome of an internal review in which it was determined that one of the authors manipulated PacBio single-molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing data used in analyses presented throughout the paper. The author involved is no longer employed at Washington State University.

We and Washington State University deeply regret this circumstance and extend our sincere apologies to the scientific community.