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Interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus: application of comparing the variability of HVR1 nucleotide region.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Lai Kuan-Wei, Young Kung-Chia, Cheng Pin-Nan, Chen Shih-Hui, Chang Ting-Tsung
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The interspousal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been a controversial issue in previous studies. We thus aim to investigate the possibility of HCV transmission between spouses by comparing the variability of HCV hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) between spouses and non-spouses. METHODOLOGY: Four spouses both positive for anti-HCV antibody and HCV RNA were enrolled in our study. Reverse...
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