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Prevalence of infection with hepatitis C virus in Venezuela, as assessed with an immuno-assay based on synthetic peptides.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Mar 2001
Aguilar M S, Cosson C, Loureiro C L, Devesa M, Martínez J, Villegas L, Flores J, Ludert J E, Alarcón de Noya B, Noya O, Liprandi F, Pujol F H
Abstract excerpt
Information on infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in South America is scarce. The seroprevalences of antibodies to HCV among urban, rural and Amerindian populations from Venezuela, and the genotypes of the HCV isolates recovered, were therefore determined. A total of 2592 sera were tested with an immuno-assay which was developed in-house and based on synthetic peptides. Each reactive sample was then...
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