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Epidemiological changes in hepatitis C virus genotypes in France: evidence in intravenous drug users.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jan 2002
Bourlière M, Barberin J M, Rotily M, Guagliardo V, Portal I, Lecomte L, Benali S, Boustière C, Perrier H, Jullien M, Lambot G, Loyer R, LeBars O, Daniel R, Khiri H, Halfon P
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes are distributed differently depending on geography and route of infection. We characterized the distribution of genotypes in a large cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C in the South-east of France and evaluated the relative prevalence according to time of acquisition. One thousand, one hundred-and-eighty-three patients who were anti-HCV-positive were studied. HCV genotype...
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