Mutating viruses lead cops to the criminals.

• Autores: Carrie Arnold
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 309, Nº. 5, 2013, págs. 22-23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on the investigation by forensic epidemiologists in New Hampshire on a possible cluster of linked cases of hepatitis C, following a diagnosis on four people which revealed that the strains' genetic codes carried by the patients were identical. Topics include the rapid mutation of hepatitis C virus (HCV), the statement of state public health director Jose Montero on the need to find the person where the virus originated, and the use of molecular techniques for epidemiology.