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Investigating hepatitis C virus heterogeneity in a high prevalence setting using heteroduplex tracking analysis.
Journal of virological methods - 1 Jul 2001
Sullivan D G, Kim S S, Wilson J J, Stehman-Breen C, Gretch D R
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is very common among chronic hemodialysis patients. In the past, blood transfusion appeared to be the primary risk factor; however evidence of nosocomial HCV transmission in the hemodialysis setting has recently been reported. This report describes a molecular investigation of HCV isolates obtained from a population of 670 patients attending six different Seattle-King County...
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