Hepatitis C virus infection in the general population: a community-based study in West Bengal, India.

doi:10.1053/jhep.2003.50157

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Hepatitis C virus infection in the general population: a community-based study in West Bengal, India.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Apr 2003

Chowdhury Abhijit, Santra Amal, Chaudhuri Susmita, Dhali Gopal Krishna, Chaudhuri Sujit, Maity Satya Gopal, Naik Trailokya Nath, Bhattacharya Sujit Kumar, Mazumder Debendra Nath Guha

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Limited information is available about the prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the general population of India. A community-based epidemiologic study was carried out in a district in West Bengal, India. By a 1:3 sampling method, 3,579 individuals were preselected from 10,737 inhabitants of 9 villages of the district, of whom 2,973 (83.1%) agreed to participate. Twenty-six subjects...

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Adolescent
Adult
Child
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C Antibodies
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Prevalence

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PMID: 12668973
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50157

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