Change in hepatitis C virus genotype in injecting drug users.

Abstract excerpt

Six major genotypes of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been described; it is assumed to be uncommon for genotypes to change in chronically infected individuals. Venous blood samples obtained from Vietnamese-Australian injecting drug users who participated in successive studies conducted in Melbourne, Australia, were genotyped using the Bayer line probe assay and genotype confirmed by sequencing whenever...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Genotype
• Share to Hepacivirus
• Share to Hepatitis C