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High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and genotype distribution among general population, blood donors and risk groups.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 May 2006
Khaja Mohammed N, Madhavi Chandra, Thippavazzula Rekha, Nafeesa Farees, Habib Aejaz M, Habibullah Chittoor M, Guntaka Ramareddy V
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the general population and in various high risk groups in south India was assessed. A total of 258 out of 3589 (7.1%) subjects (both general and risk groups) tested positive for HCV RNA by RT-PCR, while the third generation ELISA detected only 6.1% (221/3589). This suggests that a number of cases go unreported, as screening of blood and blood products is done...
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