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High prevalence of infection with a single hepatitis C virus genotype in a small rural community of Argentina.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Aug 2006
Picchio Gastón R, Baré Patricia C, Descalzi Valeria I, Bussy María V, Soria Sonia M, Raffa María P, Mazzencio Nancy E, Etchehun Silvina, Cámera Juan A, Mosier Donald E, Villamil Federico G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: During the years preceding this study, we noticed a relatively unusual high number of individuals with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in O'Brien, a small rural town in Argentina. Moreover, four individuals from this town underwent liver transplantation owing to hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced liver cirrhosis. These findings prompted us to conduct a large population-based survey to...
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