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Chronic hepatitis C in Sweden: genotype distribution over time in different epidemiological settings.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 1999
Westin J, Lindh M, Lagging L M, Norkrans G, Wejstål R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) strains are divided into 6 genotypes and several subtypes. Recent studies reported a change in the relative frequency of genotypes within certain regions. We studied the HCV genotype in 312 Swedish patients with chronic hepatitis C, using a core region primer-specific PCR, and grouped the patients according to parenteral risk factors. The date of infection could be estimated in 127 cases....
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