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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Córdoba, Argentina. Unexpected high prevalence of genotype 2.
Medicina - 1 Jan 2003
Ré Viviana, Lampe Elisabeth, Yoshida Clara Fumiko, de Oliveira Jaqueline Mendes, Lewis-Ximénez Lia, Spinsanti Lorena, Elbarcha Osvaldo, Contigiani Marta
Abstract excerpt
To determine hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes circulating in the central region of Argentina, 96 consecutive anti-HCV positive subjects were studied. The presence of HCV RNA was detected in 60 samples by RT-nested PCR of the 5' noncoding region (5' NCR). Genotyping was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of 5' NCR region combined with PCR using type-specific primers of the core region....
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