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Comparative analysis of viral titers and histologic features of Pakistani patients infected with hepatitis C virus type 3.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2002
Moatter Tariq, Hussainy Akbar Shah, Hamid Saeed, Ahmad Zubair, Siddiqui Shahid
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BACKGROUND: Serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels and genotypes are considered to be important determinants of the response to interferon treatment. Generally, patterns of viral loads have been reported for HCV type 1 infections and categorized as low- or high-level viremia. We studied the distribution of HCV RNA levels in patients predominantly infected with HCV type 3 and correlated it with hepatic damage....
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