Social Networks Shape the Transmission Dynamics of Hepatitis C Virus

• Camila Malta Romano,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Isabel M. V. Guedes de Carvalho-Mello,

  Affiliations Viral Immunology Laboratory, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Tropical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Leda F. Jamal,

  Affiliation Training and Reference Center DST/AIDS, Control Diseases Center, Secretary of Health of São Paulo State, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Fernando Lucas de Melo,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Atila Iamarino,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marco Motoki,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• João Renato Rebello Pinho,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Edward C. Holmes,

  Affiliations Mueller Laboratory, Department of Biology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto ,

  * E-mail: pzanotto@usp.br

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics, Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBII, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• the VGDN Consortium

  ¶Membership of the VGDN Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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