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HCV genotype analysis in HCV-HIV-co-infected Puerto Ricans who are injecting drug users: undetermined and mixed infections.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 1 Sept 2001
Ríos-Olivares E, Yamamura Y, Gómez M A, Guzmán L, Rodríguez N, Fernández D, Hunter Mellado R
Abstract excerpt
Direct percutaneous exposure is the main route of HCV transmission. In Puerto Rico half of people infected with HIV use illicit drugs. The effects of HCV in the course of HIV infection and vice versa have been extensively studied, but remain highly controversial. This may be due to HCV genetic heterogeneity. Therefore, a complex classification into genotypes has emerged that prompted us to determined how this...
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