Background Worldwide, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a universal problem and its
epidemiological data showed variation from place to place. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a hepatotropic RNA virus that causes progressive liver damage,
which might result in liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Globally, between 64 and …

The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease in West Africa was of unprecedented
magnitude and changed our perspective on this lethal but sporadically emerging virus. This …

The discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989 permitted basic research to unravel critical
components of a complex life cycle for this important human pathogen. HCV is a highly …

We introduce the Bayesian skyline plot, a new method for estimating past population
dynamics through time from a sample of molecular sequences without dependence on a …

International standardization and coordination of the nomenclature of variants of hepatitis C
virus (HCV) is increasingly needed as more is discovered about the scale of HCV‐related …

Background: The hepatitis C pandemic has been systematically studied and characterized
in North America and Europe, but this important public health problem has not received …

Background Effective population size (N e) is related to genetic variability and is a basic
parameter in many models of population genetics. A number of methods for inferring current …

Egypt is the most affected nation by hepatitis C virus (HCV) and needs a comprehensive
characterization of HCV epidemiology to inform the scale-up of treatment and prevention …

In the 15 years since the discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV), much has been learned about
its role as a major causative agent of human liver disease and its ability to persist in the face …