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Genetic epidemiology of hepatitis C virus throughout egypt.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2000
Ray S C, Arthur R R, Carella A, Bukh J, Thomas D L
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem in Egypt, where the seroprevalence is 10-20-fold higher than that in the United States. To characterize the HCV genotype distribution and concordance of genotype assessments on the basis of multiple genomic regions, specimens were obtained from blood donors in 15 geographically diverse governorates throughout Egypt. The 5' noncoding, core/E1, and NS5B...
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