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Hepatitis C virus genotypes in two different patient cohorts in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2008
Prabdial-Sing Nishi, Puren Adrian J, Mahlangu Johnny, Barrow Peter, Bowyer Sheila M
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies in South African patients have shown that hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence is low (2.6%) and genotype 5 is the dominant genotype. This is the first sequence-based genotype study from this country on two different patient groups (haemophiliacs (H) and liver disease (LD) patients) over two time periods (2000-2002 and 2007). Genotype 5 was found to be the dominant genotype in the LD groups, but...
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