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[Genotypic heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from blood donors in the Czech Republic].
Epidemiologie, mikrobiologie, imunologie : casopis Spolecnosti pro epidemiologii a mikrobiologii Ceske lekarske spolecnosti J.E. Purkyne - 1 Apr 2009
Nēmecek V, Strunecký O
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: Analysis of the genotypic distribution of HCV from blood donors screened in the Czech Republic in 1999-2007 and sequence heterogeneity of HCV isolates in the NS5 region of the HCV genome. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 402 archived serum samples from blood donors collected in 1999-2007 and confirmed positive for anti-HCV antibodies were tested for HCV RNA. In 220 HCV RNA positive sera, PCR was...
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