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Hepatitis C virus genotyping versus serotyping in Egyptian patients.
Infection - 1 Jan 2000
Zekri A R, Bahnassy A A, Ramadan A S, El-Bassuoni M, Badran A, Madwar M A
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BACKGROUND: The RNA genome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) displays extensive sequence variation. In this study, serotyping and genotyping techniques were applied to assess this variability by comparing the performance of the serotyping assay with a panel of well-characterized HCV strains isolated from chronic active hepatitis (CAH) patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 60 serum samples from CAH patients were analyzed. All...
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