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Dissection of familial correlations in hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroprevalence suggests intrafamilial viral transmission and genetic predisposition to infection.

Gut - 1 Sept 2008

Plancoulaine S, Mohamed M K, Arafa N, Bakr I, Rekacewicz C, Trégouët D-A, Obach D, El Daly M, Thiers V, Féray C, Abdel-Hamid M, Abel L, Fontanet A

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OBJECTIVE: Unsafe injections and transfusions used during treatments are considered to be responsible for many cases of transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in developing countries, but cannot account for a substantial proportion of present infections. The aim of the present work was to invest...

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PMID: 18480169
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.140681

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