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Hepatitis G virus genotypes in a tertiary care centre in southern India.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Aug 2002
Abraham Priya, Hallett Rachel, Radhakrishnan Sujatha, Raghuraman Sukanya, Sridharan Gopalan, Teo Chong Gee
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The association of GBV-C/HGV in patients at high risk of parenteral infection and those with chronic liver disease in southern India is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To study the occurrence of GBV-C/HGV in three patient groups attending a tertiary care centre in Vellore and identify the prevailing genotype(s). STUDY DESIGN: Two hundred and twenty-seven individuals were studied using an RT-PCR assay with...
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