Article
[Genotype characterization of hepatitis C virus infection in children].
Medicina - 1 Jan 2001
Gismondi M I, Preciado M V, Badia I, Ferro A, Galoppo C, Grinstein S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in children was assessed by RT-nested PCR of the 5'untranslated region (5'UTR) of the viral genome combined with virus genotyping, performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). We analysed HCV infection in 64 children and in 9 HCV chronically infected mothers corresponding to 10 of them. Thirty two children were positive for serum HCV RNA as determined by...
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