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An autochthonous case of hepatitis C virus genotype 5a in Brazil: phylogenetic analysis.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2009
Ribeiro Luciano C, Souto Francisco Jose Dutra, do Espírito-Santo Márcia P, G-Oliveira Rodrigo, Lampe Elisabeth
Abstract excerpt
Genotype 5 of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been rarely identified in South America. A female of African descent who never left Brazil was found to be infected by this genotype in Mato Grosso state, Central Brazil. The patient denied drug injections and revealed that she had received blood transfus...
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