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Characterization of full-length hepatitis C virus genotype 4 sequences.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 May 2007
Timm J, Neukamm M, Kuntzen T, Kim A Y, Chung R T, Brander C, Lauer G M, Walker B D, Allen T M
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Over 85% of the world's nearly 170 million hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected subjects exist in regions of Africa, Southeast Asia and Middle Eastern countries where genotypes 4-6 are very common. In particular, HCV genotype 4 is highly prevalent in Egypt with more than 19% of the population infected and chronic HCV representing one of the top five leading causes of death, due in part to ineffective interferon alpha...
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