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Hepatitis C virus infection among Brazilian hemophiliacs: a virological, clinical and epidemiological study.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 May 2002
Carmo R A, Oliveira G C, Guimarães M D C, Oliveira M S, Lima A A, Buzek S C, Corrêa-Oliveira R, Rocha M O C
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We determined and analyzed risk factors of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected Brazilian hemophiliacs according to their virological, clinical and epidemiological characteristics. A cross-sectional and retrospective study of 469 hemophiliacs was carried out at a Brazilian blood center starting in October 1997. The prevalence of HCV infection, HCV genotypes and factors associated with HCV RNA detection was...
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