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Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis C infection in U.S. veteran liver transplant recipients: evidence for decreasing relative prevalence of genotype 1B.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 1999
Rosen H R, Chou S, Sasaki A W, Gretch D R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The U.S. Veteran population represents a unique patient group to study different HCV genotypes because of geographically diverse exposures. The aim of this study was to characterize the distribution of HCV genotypes in U.S. veterans undergoing liver transplantation (OLT), trace genotypes to modes of acquisition (risk behavior and location), and evaluate the relative prevalence of HCV genotypes...
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