Article
Hepatitis C prevalence among Australian injecting drug users in the 1970s and profiles of virus genotypes in the 1970s and 1990s.
The Medical journal of Australia - 19 Jun 2000
Freeman A J, Zekry A, Whybin L R, Harvey C E, van Beek I A, de Kantzow S L, Rawlinson W D, Boughton C R, Robertson P W, Marinos G, Lloyd A R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To examine the seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the Australian injecting drug-using community in the 1970s, and to compare the profile of HCV genotypes with that seen in the 1990s. DESIGN: Investigation of stored sera that were collected from injecting drug users in the 1970s and comparison with sera collected in the 1990s. SETTING: Inner Sydney, 1974-1975 and 1994-1996. PATIENTS: The...
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