Article
Hepatitis-C-virus genotypes and hepatitis-G-virus infection in Lebanese thalassaemics.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Mar 2002
Ramia S, Koussa S, Taher A, Haraki S, Klayme S, Sarkis D, Naman R
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis G virus (HGV) and the carrier 'rate' for hepatitis B virus (HBsAg) were investigated in thalassaemia patients in Lebanon, a group that has not been studied in the past. The HCV genotypes and their distribution in the 395 thalassaemics, all of whom had been registered at the Chronic Care Center (CCC) in Hazmieh since 1996, were also studied. Of the 55 samples (14%)...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.