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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection in HIV infected individuals in south India and characterization of HCV genotypes.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Ponamgi S P D, Rahamathulla S, Kumar Y N, Chandra M, Lakshmi N, Habibullah C M, Khaja M N
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PURPOSE: To determine anti-HCV antibodies and genomic subtype of HCV in 1487 confirmed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive samples. METHODS: A total of 1487 confirmed HIV-positive samples were tested for anti-HCV antibodies by using a third generation ELISA kit (Ortho 3.0) and by RT PCR for HCV. HIV and HCV coinfected samples were selected for HCV genotyping by RFLP and subtyping with NS5-type specific...
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