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Prevalence of hepatitis C in the general population in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands journal of medicine - 1 Jan 2008
Slavenburg S, Verduyn-Lunel F M, Hermsen J T, Melchers W J G, te Morsche R H M, Drenth J P H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is transmitted by blood-blood contact and this leads to high HCV prevalence in risk populations such as haemophilia patients and intravenous drug users. The prevalence in the general Dutch population is unknown, although it appears to be very low in screened blood donors (0.0169%). AIM: The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HCV in a general...
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